Dr Williams is careful to convey that he takes the concerns of those who attended GAFCON seriously. Our conversation is peppered with references to these \u201cserious concerns\u201d\u009d; but GAFCON\u2019s Jerusalem Declaration, and its inherent attack on his authority, is clearly a significant source of his frustration.<\/p>\n
And it may be this emotion that leads him to dwell on the potential for division within the GAFCON movement. \u201cIt is not as if it is a single-issue thing. There are motivations and perspectives even there, which pull in slightly different directions, and, I think, depend on different visions in the Church.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone like the Archbishop of Sydney, whom I greatly respect as a theologian, has a very clearly worked out theology of the Church, which is much more federal and locally independent. I am not sure that would be exactly the theology you would find in some of the traditionalist American bishops. I will watch to see how some of the theological discussions evolve.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
He insists that, despite the Jerusalem Declaration, the Anglican Communion will still continue in some form, albeit weakened. \u201cThe kind of fellowship we will have may be different, less immediate. That is hard. That is a loss, and there will always be a sense of loss and not feeling all right. But the reality is: we are where we are. We may be less obviously at one for a few years, but that doesn\u2019t let us off the obligation to keep listening to each other.,,,”<\/p>\n