{"id":9265,"date":"2010-07-07T13:05:02","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T17:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=9265"},"modified":"2010-07-07T13:05:02","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T17:05:02","slug":"the-church-of-england-is-following-in-the-footsteps-of-tec-and-the-acoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-church-of-england-is-following-in-the-footsteps-of-tec-and-the-acoc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Church of England is following in the footsteps of TEC and the ACoC"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the CofE\u2019s case, the straw that is breaking the camel\u2019s back is not just the possible consecration of a gay bishop \u2013 Dr. Jeffrey John<\/a> specifically \u2013 but women bishops.<\/p>\n

As Ed Tomlinson points out<\/a>, though, the real problem is the substitution of a subjective experience derived pseudo-faith for faith that has been revealed by God:<\/p>\n

As an Anglican priest likely to accept Rome’s offer I urge Synod to think again. We reach a crossroads and clarity is vital if pain is to be kept to a minimum. Either the Church of England wants to profess the revealed faith or one being revealed through innovation. So set your course that your members might know where they stand.<\/p>\n

In truth the continuing desire to consecrate women is answer in itself. So I urge no provision at all but sincere commitment to release buildings and funds to those whose future lies elsewhere. Stop fudging, it no longer works, and what you are going to do, do quickly. Amiable separation is preferable to an abusive, damaging union.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I admire that last paragraph for its invincible optimism. The fact is Anglicanism in the West has little interest in Christianity \u2013 instead, it is obsessed with power, institutionalism and money: as in North America, the lawsuits will begin as soon as those whose future lies elsewhere <\/em>switch allegiance and try to stay in their buildings.<\/p>\n

What is also quite likely is – to take a leaf out of the ACoC book – procrastination through conversation; woolliness through waffling. Or as Fred Hiltz might put it: “embracing our differences in a Spirit-led watershed moment by having more conversation – that’s an action which makes me proud to be Anglican.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the CofE\u2019s case, the straw that is breaking the camel\u2019s back is not just the possible consecration of a gay bishop \u2013 Dr. Jeffrey John specifically \u2013 but women bishops. As Ed Tomlinson points out, though, the real problem … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[2036,2089],"class_list":["post-9265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-mayhem","tag-anglican-mayhem","tag-church-of-england"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}