Conservative primates say they are disillusioned by a lack of disciplinary action against the U.S. church, despite recommendations made at previous primates’ meetings, and add that there had been a lack of consultation before the meeting.
The Anglican Communion said primates refusing to attend included those of the Indian Ocean, Jerusalem and the Middle East, Nigeria, South East Asia, the Southern Cone of Latin America, Uganda, and West Africa.
Last June, [Katharine Jefferts] Schori said that plans to discipline her church violated Anglican traditions, moving toward a centralized authority.
“…the leaders’ absence “calls into question the ability of the Archbishop of Canterbury (Rowan Williams) to fulfill his role as gatherer of the Communion.”
Well, that’s an understatement.
“The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity”
Andre Gide
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That’s great, #2, along with what I’ve always said–“Beware of those utterly confident in their dysfunction”.
I love how Bishop Schori laments a centralization in the Anglican Communion abroad but has been involved in a massive centralization of power at 815.
Surely it’s shoddy journalism that has reduced the protest to 1/5 of the Communion instead of counting all the Primates who have explicitly stated they are not attending because of the Episcopal Church’s actions and the failure of previous disciplinary agreements. It seems to me, too, that a good reporter should point out the inequality of representation in the GS.
I would call Mrs Schori’s power grab a [i]consolidation of power[/i], after she uncanonically booted out every bishop who dared to oppose her.