Wednesday, April 27, 2005

"Time is short, Archbishop Williams must act"

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2373

[VirtueOnline] April27, 2005--One of the tragedies of the present controversy is that churches (very understandably) have felt the need to seek episcopal cover from elsewhere (or, as it were, from a lower level than Canterbury), effectively by-passing or potentially undermining Canterbury. With this new mechanism that cover should be available through Canterbury itself. This should make a major difference and prevent the forces of fragmentation during this time when we wait for ECUSA to be internally realigned.

However, time is extremely short. Partnerships with other provinces are extremely tempting for ECUSA's orthodox. If the Archbishop does not act soon, then the shrapnel of a disintegrated ECUSA (with parishes being linked up to various provinces in Africa or South America) will literally be scattered all over the world, and no one will be able to put the Communion back together again.

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