The Anglican Church of Canada is attempting to quell rumours of division and dissent within the Anglican Communion through something it calls Companion Relationships.<\/p>\n
Contrary to what the Primate of the ACoC would like us to believe, though, when convincing African and Western Anglican bishops to merely sit in the same room and discuss anything other than their disagreements is viewed as a triumph of reconciliation, all it does is drive home just how broken the Anglican Communion really is.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, it was the ACoC and TEC that did the breaking.<\/p>\n
From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n It was also a manifestation of what Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, had noted about the nature of relationships that exist within the Anglican Communion.<\/p>\n “For some people, when they think of the [Anglican] Communion, they immediately think division, dissension,” but a very different picture was evident in the companion relationships represented at this consultation, Hiltz said. He described these relationships as honest, healthy, vibrant and growing.<\/p>\n Although the bishop of the diocese of Central Buganda did not attend the meeting due to tensions between the church in Uganda and other parts of the Communion, Hiltz said that other clergy within that diocese attended \u201centhusiastically, really looking forward to the opportunity to be together and to talk across relationships.\u201d Differences over contentious issues such as human sexuality weren\u2019t part of the discussion \u201cor even the subtext,\u201d he told the Anglican Journal<\/em> in an interview after he returned to Canada.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Anglican Church of Canada is attempting to quell rumours of division and dissent within the Anglican Communion through something it calls Companion Relationships. Contrary to what the Primate of the ACoC would like us to believe, though, when convincing … Continue reading