[Archbishop] Welby argued that a unified Church, able to love one another in the face of difference, is able to “speak with authority” to a world incapable of dealing with diversity.
“In Christ we are held together In Christ the barriers are broken, peace is held out to us as a gift established, which needs living. In Christ there is hope of a life that provides hope of peace,” he said.
However, the Archbishop added that he did not want to sound “triumphalist”, and acknowledged the presence of “deep divisions” in many areas of the Communion. “Our divisions may be too much to manage,” he said, denouncing tribalism within the Church.
“There is a belief that opponents are either faithless to the tradition, or by contrast that they are cruel, judgemental, inhuman. I have to say that we are in a state so delicate that without prayer and repentance, it is hard to see how we can avoid some serious fractures,” he said.
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