So far the proposed disciplines within the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Pentecost letter have affected only the Episcopal Church, but the letter also has raised questions for the Anglican Church of Canada and the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone.
The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion has informed two representatives of the Episcopal Church that they will no longer serve as members of the Anglican”“Orthodox Theological Dialogue. Those representatives are the Rev. Thomas Ferguson, the Episcopal Church’s interim deputy for ecumenical and interreligious relations, and the Rt. Rev. William O. Gregg, assistant bishop of North Carolina.
Episcopal News Service reported that the decision affects the Episcopal Church’s involvement in all ecumenical dialogues involving the Anglican Communion.
I am not convinced they are correct. There is no moral equivalence with border crossing to assist Anglicans who are persecuted by their own Bishops and or the leadership of the EC….
That is a rescue operation and only meant to be temporary and frankly this is beginning to be realized.
The reasons for the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin’s association with the Province of the Southern Cone are well-known, so I won’t discuss them here. That association is temporary, as in Fort Worth’s case, so if a description can be applied here, let’s call it what it really is: A safe haven until ACNA is recognized by the Anglican Communion.