TEC\u2019s recent history reveals that it now has a standard way of doing business\u201d\u201done that exposes its pleas for dialogue as disingenuous. What is that way? One makes changes in disputed aspects of the life and order of the church by breaking the rules and then calling for conversation rather than \u201cconsequences.\u201d\u009d This standard way of doing business carries with it its own very idiosyncratic notion of dialogue\u201d\u201cone that, by laying claim to the prophet\u2019s mantle, will not allow the possibility that one could be wrong and one\u2019s opponent right. When TEC acts, TEC acts (according to TEC) in the power of the Holy Spirit; and when TEC speaks, TEC speaks (according to TEC) in the power of the Holy Spirit. To be in opposition, therefore, is to oppose both the Holy Spirit and the justice it is God\u2019s purpose to bring to the world. These are shocking conclusions but, given TEC\u2019s recent history, they are unavoidable conclusions\u201d\u201cconclusions that if ignored by the Instruments of Communion and the member Provinces, will lead to the demise of the Anglican Communion.<\/p>\n
TEC\u2019s recent history makes the truth of these charges abundantly plain.<\/p>\n