{"id":7442,"date":"2010-02-10T13:26:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T18:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=7442"},"modified":"2010-02-10T13:26:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T18:26:48","slug":"the-lorna-ashworth-church-of-england-synod-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-lorna-ashworth-church-of-england-synod-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lorna Ashworth Church of England Synod motion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Her original motion before the Church of England Synod was, \u201cthat this Synod express the desire that the Church of England be in communion with the Anglican Church in North America.\u201d<\/em> It was defeated and an amended version passed 309 to 69 with 17 abstentions.<\/p>\n

That this Synod, aware of the distress cause by recent divisions within the Anglican churches of the United States of America and Canada,
\n(a) recognise and affirm the desire of those who have formed the Anglican Church in North America to remain within the Anglican family;
\n(b) acknowledge that this aspiration, in respect both of relations with the Church of England and membership of the Anglican Communion, raises issues which the relevant authorities of each need to explore further; and
\n(c) invite the Archbishops to report further to the Synod in 2011.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lorna Ashworth\u2019s reason<\/a> for bringing the motion to synod was to \u201csend a strong message of encouragement to people who are practising Biblical historical Anglicanism\u201d<\/em> \u2013 that\u2019s it. The motion was not that the CoE be <\/strong>in communion with the ACNA, only that the synod express the desire <\/strong>that it should be so.<\/p>\n

But even that was too much for the synod, so the Anglican-bland amended motion was put forward stating the reverse of the original motion \u2013 the desire of the ACNA to be part of the Anglican Communion.<\/p>\n

That this is typically Anglican is evidenced by the 1 year delay, the expectation of a report and the fact that it is sufficiently woolly that people on each side of the issue see support or lack thereof depending on what they had for breakfast. For example, some tweets:<\/p>\n

eicestercofe<\/a> @vicardave<\/a> #synod<\/strong><\/a> I’d hate to be on the end of your DIScouraging statements. PH<\/p>\n

pastorev<\/a> Well done Synod! Stick that in your pipe and smoke it USA liberals! \ud83d\ude42 #synod<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

frsimon<\/a> #synod<\/strong><\/a> f***s it all up by expressing its desire to join with schismatics. Very very disappointed.<\/p>\n

eleysium<\/a> Thomas Cranmer would be sick #synod<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

r_rabbit<\/a> Lke a gun. First you make it safe (the amendment: Bishop of Bristol) and then you decide whether to use it or not. #synod<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lorna Ashworth, before the synod debate<\/a>, said the heart of her motion was that “we desire to be communion”<\/em>; the heart was ripped out by the amendment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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