Under their new constitution, each of the nine constituent dioceses or groups that would make up the new province could follow its own teachings on women\u2019s ordination. Each congregation would also keep its own property.<\/p>\n
Told of this new Anglican entity, David C. Steinmetz, Amos Ragan Kearns professor of the history of Christianity at the Divinity School at Duke University, said in a phone interview, \u201cIt\u2019s really an unprecedented and momentous event,\u201d\u009d that all of these dissident groups had agreed to bury their differences.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s certainly going to be deplored by one part of the Communion and hailed by another,\u201d\u009d Professor Steinmetz said. \u201cAre we going to end up with two families of Anglicans, and if so, are they in communion with each other in any way? There are so many possibilities and geopolitical differences, it\u2019s really hard to predict where this will go.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n