The Rev. Canon Gordon Baker is suggesting that the Anglican Church of Canada changes its name. He is not proposing to take the obvious and needed step to avoid prosecution under the false advertising act:\u00a0 remove the word \u201cChurch\u201d. Instead he wants to align with the other sinking ship south of the border, The Episcopal Church. In the popular vernacular, I think it means Fred would become Katharine\u2019s bitch – assuming he isn’t already.<\/p>\n
From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n So I raise the question, \u201cIs it time for a name change from The Anglican Church of Canada?\u201d After all, we changed it once before, in 1955, from The Church of England in Canada to The Anglican Church of Canada. This was done to recognize and proclaim our existence and autonomy as something other than a colonial religious outpost. However appropriate the use of the word \u201cAnglican\u201d was at that time, it is now more than 50 years later, and our church has changed in its understanding of itself and its mission in a greatly changed Canadian social context.<\/p>\n Today we are developing new mature relationships with the aboriginal peoples of Canada and they are our sisters and brothers in faith and mission. Our clergy in Quebec are becoming totally bilingual so as to work comfortably within a French culture. The tag in western Canada of being the \u201cEnglish Church\u201d no longer holds true.<\/p>\n I submit that it is time for us to be fully grown up and give thanks for all we have received from the Church of England, and others, but have a name that more truly expresses who we are. I believe that the name, \u201cThe Episcopal Church of Canada,\u201d would do just that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Rev. Canon Gordon Baker is suggesting that the Anglican Church of Canada changes its name. He is not proposing to take the obvious and needed step to avoid prosecution under the false advertising act:\u00a0 remove the word \u201cChurch\u201d. Instead … Continue reading