The Lambeth ceasefire has collapsed in Canada after the Diocese of New Westminster moved to reassert “control” over two conservative congregations who had broken with Bishop Michael Ingham to join the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC).
On Aug 26 the Dean and Chancellor of New Westminster, acting on behalf of the vacationing Bishop Ingham, invoked the Canadian Church’s Canon 15 and sought to dismiss the wardens and parochial trustees of two parishes: St Matthew’s Abbotsford and St Matthias & St Luke in Vancouver, replacing them with nominees loyal to the diocese.
The diocese had taken these steps “to remove clergy who have left the Anglican Church of Canada rather than accepting the decisions of its local and national governing bodies,” a press statement said.
OK, let’s get this correct. There never was a cease fire. As Dr. Radner has clearly elucidated a moratoria is only a pause…the inclusivists are going to continue no matter what and the ACiC will follow the EC’s example of litigation to obtain the property and assets. This is simply realizing that the facts on the ground do not gel with Lambeth and the ABC’s reality that ignore the facts on the ground.
Right, any ‘cease fire’ ceased even before the end of Lambeth with the rougue TEC bishops and rectors stating “Moratorium? No way! We are not going back, we are going to continue with our revisions!”
All that “listening,” gone for naught.
*snicker*
I share the sentiments above — what cease fire?
Perhaps you are familiar with the phrase “Sitzkrieg”?
But, wait. This cannot be! The cease fire (aka one of the moratoria) was implemented by the ABC with great authority of the weight of the bishops’ comments from the indaba groups. It was all agreed, authorized, and settled in a non-deliberative fashion. Rock solid reliable. It should all be there in that, er, (binding?) reflections document.
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Well, maybe there is something in that reflections document that will tell us what to do now.
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[blockquote]Well, maybe there is something in that reflections document that will tell us what to do now.[/blockquote]
Blame it all on +Akinola…see it worked!
Intercessor
Yeah, blame it on Akinola and Jesus. They are in cahoots.
This wasn’t a moratorium…..it was a TRUCE, and one that +Ingham broke!
The AoC hears what he wants to hear regardless of what is said. I’ve known several professors with this same selective ability to hear what they want and then lecture on their assumption. Some politicians also have this same ability, only we’re not kind with them and simply call them what they are liars.
That’s a conspiracy I want in on!
WHEN is enough going to be too much? What will it take – how many offenses and violations and treacheries – before we say to this lot of parasites: We’re taking a vermifuge; you’re dead. Larry
It wasn’t a cease-fire, or a truce. But it WAS a great excuse for our purple-shirted wonders (and family members) to take a FREE TRIP TO EUROPE on the back of the dumb pew-sitter sheep of TEC!!!