The alternative theory is that the Anglican Communion is already entirely and irrevocably broken. The \u2019deep tearing\u2019 of the \u2019fabric of communion\u2019 which was warned about by the Primates in 2003 has taken placed unnoticed by an easily distracted media. Traditionalist Anglicans might have expected action to be taken in the wake of the Windsor Report and the call for a withdrawal of the American and Canadian Church\u2019s from the counsels of the Communion. In contrast, their place at the table has been cemented. The Episcopal Church has two members on the newly styled Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion, all of its bishops bar one were invited to the Lambeth Conference. While it is true that an Anglican Covenant (if it is ever adopted by a majority of Provinces) might resolve future problems, it has no chance of resolving this one.<\/p>\n
One-third of Anglican bishops refused the Archbishop\u2019s invitation to attend the 2008 Lambeth Conference, it can no longer be pretended that there is a common Anglican ministry interchangeable throughout the world, and two Global South Primates have themselves stepped down from the Anglican Standing Committee. The only action which appears to have been taken in response to the consecration of Gene Robinson is the deliberate downgrading of the Primates\u2019 Meeting to a committee which now meets irregularly and is ignored by its convenor.<\/p>\n
While it is true that the demise of the Anglican Communion has been attended by no burial rites, or funeral orations, but make no mistake it is dead. Of course, there are still relationships throughout the world between Anglican Provinces, but the Anglican Communion as it was before the momentous events of 2003, is simply \u201d\u02dcno more\u2019. To echo the surrealist words of Monty Python, \u201cIt is a dead parrot.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
–Andrew Carey, Church of England Newspaper, May 20, 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The alternative theory is that the Anglican Communion is already entirely and irrevocably broken. The \u2019deep tearing\u2019 of the \u2019fabric of communion\u2019 which was warned about by the Primates in 2003 has taken placed unnoticed by an easily distracted media.…<\/span><\/p>\n