Roo brought up an important point in a thread that the US can only have one Anglican representive in the communion. Under what circumstances would ACNA gain enterance in the communion and what will it mean for TEC? Would anyone here join if TEC ceases to be the Anglican rep in the US??
Given the financial troubles that ACNA has, it is doubful that they would replace TEC in the Anglican Communion anytime soon. TEC provides too much support. And the ABC would have an even worse schism on his hands. There are plenty of CoE parishes who would side with TEC.
There may be a couple of people in our parish who would be very upset if we were no longer closely associated with the CoE. Or maybe only our organist. The rest don't even care much about the diocese except when the bishop comes.
The Anglican Communion should be dissolved permanently. The only reason for keeping it together is nostalgia and a preoccupation with earthly titles, provinces and political influence. TEC is as different from the African churches as Roman Catholicism is from Greek Orthodoxy. The churches have clearly divergent interests and views, and keeping it together only results in people like the Archbishop of Canterbury being required to make all sorts of concessions and compromises to please the African obscurantists.
TEC has enough problems of its own without also having to take part in the wider civil war in the Church.
Roo brought up an important point in a thread that the US can only have one Anglican representive in the communion. Under what circumstances would ACNA gain enterance in the communion and what will it mean for TEC? Would anyone here join if TEC ceases to be the Anglican rep in the US??
TEC would have to secede from the Communion. I really do not see that happening in the near or distant future.
For those who have faith, no explanation is neccessary. For those who have no faith, no explanation is possible.
St. Thomas Aquinas
If one turns his ear from hearing the Law, even his prayer is an abomination. Proverbs 28:9
At a recent meeting of the Synod of the CoE, note was made that ACNA desired a relationship with the AC and Canterbury, and then the subject was dropped. This is the Anglican way of putting a subject into deep freeze.
TEC is the only Province in the USA and provides ca. 1/3 rd. of the financial support for the AC. TEC is simply too valuable, critically valuable, to alienate. I don't see ACNA going anywhere with Canterbury.
Alex is correct that the Anglican Provinces in the 1st. world and the 3rd. world are diverging. If there is a split between the two, I see a re-alignment of the 1st. world Anglican Provinces with the Churches of the Porvoo Conference, which is a far more natural and obvious configuration.
