News Analysis: Behind the Scenes in Dar es Salaam

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[The Living Church] 1 Mar 2007--The Anglican Communion teetered on the brink of collapse throughout the final day of the primates’ meeting, Feb. 15-19 in Tanzania, with conflicting theological and philosophical views jousting for control of the future of Anglicanism.

A split was averted in the final hour when a compromise solution brokered by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Archbishop of Nigeria Peter Akinola gave traditionalists the doctrinal standards they desired, while permitting a temporary structural latitude that allows all parties to remain part of the Communion’s conversation, for at least eight more months.

While the presenting issue was homosexuality and The Episcopal Church, the heart of the debate on the closing day of the meeting in Dar es Salaam was theological and dealt with the nature of truth and unity: Unity in truth against truth found in unity.