{"id":19062,"date":"2013-03-22T16:15:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T20:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=19062"},"modified":"2013-03-22T16:15:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T20:15:19","slug":"justin-welby-wants-us-to-be-reconciled-reconcilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/justin-welby-wants-us-to-be-reconciled-reconcilers\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Welby wants us to be reconciled reconcilers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width = \"512\" height = \"328\" ><param name = \"movie\" value = \"http:\/\/dgjigvacl6ipj.cloudfront.net\/media\/swf\/PBSPlayer.swf\" ><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"video=http:\/\/video.pbs.org\/videoinfo\/io6F_Pgc1-cl6uRAWTHiDQ==\/?player=PBS_Partner_Player_v2&#038;start=0&#038;end=0&#038;balance=true&#038;player=viral&#038;end=0&#038;lr_admap=in:warnings:0;in:pbs:0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param ><param name = \"allowscriptaccess\" value = \"always\" ><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param ><embed src=\"http:\/\/dgjigvacl6ipj.cloudfront.net\/media\/swf\/PBSPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"video=http:\/\/video.pbs.org\/videoinfo\/io6F_Pgc1-cl6uRAWTHiDQ==\/?player=PBS_Partner_Player_v2&#038;start=0&#038;end=0&#038;balance=true&#038;player=viral&#038;end=0&#038;lr_admap=in:warnings:0;in:pbs:0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"512\" height=\"328\" bgcolor=\"#000000\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Putting this into tangible and local terms: my parish, St. Hilda\u2019s, left the Diocese of Niagara in 2008 because we could no longer go along with the theological drift of the diocese. As a result, the diocese sued St. Hilda\u2019s and ended up owning our building; the building is now up for sale.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Welby believes that \u201creconciliation\u201d would entail the individuals from both sides \u201cfinding a way to love the person with whom you are dealing, quite probably not agreeing with each other but disagreeing in love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is this achievable? Yes, I think so. Will it make any difference? None whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>From a practical perspective, St. Hilda\u2019s will not return to the Diocese of Niagara because the theological differences have, if anything, increased not decreased. The Diocese of Niagara and, more broadly, the Anglican Church of Canada, <em>could<\/em> recognise ANiC as a legitimate expression of Canadian Anglicanism. But then their consciences would nag them to give the buildings back, something which would be an act of God akin to his creating a rock too heavy for him to lift.<\/p>\n<p>So while we may end up \u201cdisagreeing in love\u201d, we will do so at a respectable distance, making Welby\u2019s brand of \u201creconciliation\u201d little more than a damp squib.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Putting this into tangible and local terms: my parish, St. Hilda\u2019s, left the Diocese of Niagara in 2008 because we could no longer go along with the theological drift of the diocese. 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