The Archbishop of Canterbury has proposed a way of dealing with the controversy in the Anglican Church that basically divides the communion into two classes- "covenant" churches which would remain in full communion with Canterbury, and another class which would only be "in association" with Canterbury.
"We could arrive at a situation where there were ‘constituent’ Churches in covenant in the Anglican Communion and other ‘churches in association’, which were still bound by historic and perhaps personal links, fed from many of the same sources, but not bound in a single and unrestricted sacramental communion, and not sharing the same constitutional structures. The relation would not be unlike that between the Church of England and the Methodist Church, for example. The ‘associated’ Churches would have no direct part in the decision making of the ‘constituent’ Churches, though they might well be observers whose views were sought or whose expertise was shared from time to time, and with whom significant areas of co-operation might be possible."
It looks to me as if he's inviting the Episcopal Church out of the Anglican communion. He certainly does it gently, but the result of his proposal would be, basically, excommunication. (Or the rough equivalent.)
Full proposal here: http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/...nge%20and%20hope.htm
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
"We could arrive at a situation where there were ‘constituent’ Churches in covenant in the Anglican Communion and other ‘churches in association’, which were still bound by historic and perhaps personal links, fed from many of the same sources, but not bound in a single and unrestricted sacramental communion, and not sharing the same constitutional structures. The relation would not be unlike that between the Church of England and the Methodist Church, for example. The ‘associated’ Churches would have no direct part in the decision making of the ‘constituent’ Churches, though they might well be observers whose views were sought or whose expertise was shared from time to time, and with whom significant areas of co-operation might be possible."
It looks to me as if he's inviting the Episcopal Church out of the Anglican communion. He certainly does it gently, but the result of his proposal would be, basically, excommunication. (Or the rough equivalent.)
Full proposal here: http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/...nge%20and%20hope.htm
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."