Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Countdown for Rowan Williams

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7064

[VirtueOnline] 14 Nov 2007--It is show and tell time for Dr. Rowan Williams, the putative head of the Anglican Communion.

The Communion is coming unraveled and Dr. Williams faces his moment of truth. The days of prevarication and fudge are over. Pleas for unity have fallen on deaf ears. The lines have hardened and there is no going back for either orthodox or liberal Episcopalians. The days of polite "conversation" are over.

Any hope that a Covenant, drawn up will appease all parties, is a fantasy. The communion might just as well fall back on the Articles of Religion as to try and reinvent the wheel with a covenant that will placate neither side. Any notion that Hermeneutics will save the day is also a fiction. It will just mean that everyone can and will interpret Scripture to suit their own moral tastes.

Orthodox Episcopalians are no longer saying they are going to take action, they are taking action. Whole dioceses are preparing to break ranks with Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori and the Episcopal Church. The wheels are now in motion and cannot be reversed despite threats from the Presiding Bishop of legal and canonical action.

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