Thursday, January 24, 2008

Archbishop Williams: I Can’t Stop Defections

http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2008/1/23/archbishop-williams-i-cant-stop-defections

[The Living Church] 24 Jan 2008--Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has responded to an appeal from the Canadian Primate by saying that that he cannot stop congregations from leaving one province of the Anglican Communion and affiliating with another.

In a letter made public on the Anglican Church of Canada’s website, Archbishop Williams wrote to Archbishop Fred Hiltz that “I have no canonical authority to prevent these things.

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