Missing Holy Communion details |
| Published: September 22, 2007, 12:40 pm |
| Tags: social issues, godbeat, anglicanism, world, mainline |
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There’s a lot of coverage out there right now on the tense gathering of U.S. Episcopal bishops down in New Orleans. You can go to the usual places on both sides to follow the maze of details. But I am constantly amazed that reporters seem not to understand some of the most basic elements of this complex local, regional, national and global story. There are times when you just want to beat your forehead on your computer screen. There are basic questions here, seen from two directions. Will the Episcopal Church stand its ground and, rather than compromise, choose to exit the worldwide Anglican Communion — if it cannot win support from the Church of England itself? Seen from the other direction, the question is similar: Can the large, growing Anglican churches of the Global South find a way to convince the Church of England to push the American church out, if the American bishops do not back down? One way or the other, the issue has to do with the future of the Anglican [ Full article ] |
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