{"id":54701,"date":"2016-06-10T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/kelvin_holdsworth_on_the_scottish_episcopal_church_on_being_threatened_vy_a\/"},"modified":"2016-06-10T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T14:50:00","slug":"kelvin_holdsworth_on_the_scottish_episcopal_church_on_being_threatened_vy_a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=54701","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Holdsworth on the Scottish Episcopal Church: On Being Threatened by Archbp Justin Welby"},"content":{"rendered":"

What we heard today is that the question has been asked of the Archbishop of Canterbury as to what, if any, the consequences of making this change might be. It would appear that the only consequence is very personal to the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.<\/p>\n

He met Justin Welby two weeks ago and was told directly by him that if the Scottish Episcopal Church goes ahead and makes this change then the Primus will himself be personally removed by the Archbishop from leading the World Anglican-Reformed Dialogue \u201d\u201c an ecumenical series of international meetings.<\/p>\n

It seems to me that we have come to a new place if the Archbishop of Canterbury is going to personally threaten the Primus of a province of the Anglican Communion if that province makes a decision.<\/p>\n

There were a number of people at this afternoon\u2019s synod meeting proudly wearing badges that said: \u201cThe Archbishop of Canterbury hath no jurisdiction in this realm of Scotland\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What we heard today is that the question has been asked of the Archbishop of Canterbury as to what, if any, the consequences of making this change might be. It would appear that the only consequence is very personal to…<\/span><\/p>\n

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