In his GAFCON Easter Message Archbishop Eliud Wabukala,
Primate of Kenya and Chairman of the GAFCON Primates’ Council, makes a
remarkable statement: “…confessions of faith, whether they are the ancient
catholic creeds or later statements such as the Church of England’s Thirty-nine
articles cannot be seen just as historical documents to be reinterpreted as we
wish.”
But this is how the Thirty-nine articles are seen not only in the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada but also in the
Anglican Church in North America. They are viewed as a relic of the past that
contemporary Anglicans can disregard or reinterpret as they choose. For example,
the new ACNA catechism distorts the meaning of Article 25.
North America does not have an Anglican province that fully
accepts the authority of the Bible and the Anglican formularies. Consequently,
it does not have an Anglican province that is truly carrying out the Great
Commission. The two are inseparable.
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