The once-a-decade gathering of the world’s Anglican bishops in Canterbury has been described as inadequate by those attending it, who yesterday recommended that a smaller group meet every three years.
It is thought that a “mini” Lambeth would allow bishops to have more frequent contact and discussions when attempting to resolve disputes over issues such as the ordination of gay clergy.
The suggestion was one of several to come out of an ongoing process, called Reflections, designed to gain consensus from group meetings involving the 670 bishops who have been in Canterbury for more than a fortnight.
Welllll! Here’s a solution we have not tried. Let’s all gather more frequently to talk. This is what we need. Reflections. Oh, finest kind.
A mirror image of pale, indecisive, spineless bishops, talking and, presumably, listening. Do you know the Booth Poem “Was a man/Was a two-faced man….? Why are the presumptive good guys so emasculated and the bad goys so assertive and aggressive? One should laugh, I suppose, but the tears and the anger sort of get in the way. Larry
“… a smaller group… .” Isn’t that group called Primates?
Not willing to sponsor any more purple people pow-wows. Let there be more higher level Primatial Meetings. I mean a higher level in two ways – spiritual and enactment of authority over matters concerning discipline and the practice of Holy Life in The Faith.
Watching Lambeth has been too much like watching a bunch of (spiritual) babies in a playpen.
Or a bunch of con-men in Vegas.
Or hundreds of clowns piling out of a minimobile in a big blue tent…oh..ah.