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GKC
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Though the article gets the particular point right, the title is misleading. The Episcopal Church was not suspended from the Anglican Communion. Just sort of put on time out.
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Sy_Noe
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That’s what I said about the title on the World News subforum.Though the article gets the particular point right, the title is misleading. The Episcopal Church was not suspended from the Anglican Communion. Just sort of put on time out.
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GKC
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I agree.That’s what I said about the title on the World News subforum.
A similar thing happened in 2010. Nothing came of it.
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Eric_Hilbert
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According to Copyright laws, we can’t change the headline.Though the article gets the particular point right, the title is misleading. The Episcopal Church was not suspended from the Anglican Communion. Just sort of put on time out.
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GKC
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S’alright by me. Anglicanism is inherently confusing.According to Copyright laws, we can’t change the headline.
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CopyBoy
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Statement from Primates 2016
Today the Primates agreed how they would walk together in the grace and love of Christ. This agreement acknowledges the significant distance that remains but confirms their unanimous commitment to walk together.
anglicannews.org/news/2016/01/statement-from-primates-2016.aspxThe Primates regret that it appears that this document has been leaked in advance of their communiqué tomorrow [Friday]. In order to avoid speculation the document is being released in full. This agreement demonstrates the commitment of all the Primates to continue the life of the Communion with neither victor nor vanquished.
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thephilosopher6
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LOL! The Episcopal Church finally got what was coming to them!
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theropod
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Well…sort of. Not really. This is their “one last chance, we really mean it this time, guys” last chance.LOL! The Episcopal Church finally got what was coming to them!
They are free to do what they have been doing. But, they can no longer represent the global Anglican Communion in any capacity, and have no voting privileges within the communion for the next 3 years. Presumably, this gives them time to have their General Convention and vote to repent.
After 3 years, what happens is the real question. I don’t believe this to be an empty threat this time. They’ll repent (God help them), leave, or be pushed out.
I don’t see them repenting or wanting the embarrassment of being kicked out or some other sanctions. I think they vote to leave in their next convention.
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SyroMalankara
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Or they buy international allies and two more Anglican confederations are created. One that follows the TEC/ACoCanada philosophy vs. The Global South variety. The inbetweeners, both liturgically and theologically will opt to independence, tolerance of divergences, or create one or more entities based on their preference.
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GKC
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Could be.Or they buy international allies and two more Anglican confederations are created. One that follows the TEC/ACoCanada philosophy vs. The Global South variety. The inbetweeners, both liturgically and theologically will opt to independence, tolerance of divergences, or create one or more entities based on their preference.
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LordHaveMercy
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It’s really a crazy story. It shows you just how much damage people will inflict on a centuries old institution just to advance their agenda of sexual perversion.
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thephilosopher6
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Well, let’s hope they d realize their heresy and realize that only a man and a women can get married.Well…sort of. Not really. This is their “one last chance, we really mean it this time, guys” last chance.
They are free to do what they have been doing. But, they can no longer represent the global Anglican Communion in any capacity, and have no voting privileges within the communion for the next 3 years. Presumably, this gives them time to have their General Convention and vote to repent.
After 3 years, what happens is the real question. I don’t believe this to be an empty threat this time. They’ll repent (God help them), leave, or be pushed out.
I don’t see them repenting or wanting the embarrassment of being kicked out or some other sanctions. I think they vote to leave in their next convention.
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7_Sorrows
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how can they do that? what is the Episcopal church doing that the Anglican communion is not doing?Though the article gets the particular point right, the title is misleading. The Episcopal Church was not suspended from the Anglican Communion. Just sort of put on time out.
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thephilosopher6
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They allow gay marriage and even have some bishops who are openly gay and in homosexual relationships. That is why the rest of the Anglican Communion decided to suspend them.how can they do that? what is the Episcopal church doing that the Anglican communion is not doing?
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GKC
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Suspend them from certain activities in the Communion, for 3 years.They allow gay marriage and even have some bishops who are openly gay and in homosexual relationships. That is why the rest of the Anglican Communion decided to suspend them.
Similar restrictions were applied in 2010 and 2011. Didn’t amount to much. But the snowball is growing.
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GKC
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For a number of years, a growing split in the Anglican Communion has centered on (there are other things, but not what we are discussing here) the practices with regard to non-celibate S/S attracted persons in the wilds of Anglicanism. The battle lines pretty much are between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church, on the side of accepting everything, and marrying everyone, and the mostly orthodox and evangelical Provinces of the 3rd World, mainly in Africa, who don’t like that idea. Several rounds of shadow boxing have occurred since around 1998, and the orthodox Provinces have become short of patience. This special meeting of the Communion Primates, which the Archbishop of Canterbury called, was an attempt to finesse some sort of modus vivendi, to find an arrangement whereby the Communion could continue as a Communion, even if some changes in its nature might be necessary. What came out of it was a stern warning and finger-shaking at the Episcopal Church (the Anglican Church of Canada got off on a technicality). Whether this will mean a truly basic or permanent rearrangement of the Anglican Communion will follow, in time, remains to be seen. Could be.how can they do that? what is the Episcopal church doing that the Anglican communion is not doing?
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7_Sorrows
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not everyone in the Episcopal church is happy with the path their church has taken so you may have animosity for the church, but you should feel bad for those Christians holding out and still attending hoping by some miracle their church they grew up in will reverse their misguided ways and they can stay. for conservative Episcopalians this has been heartbreaking.LOL! The Episcopal Church finally got what was coming to them!
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7_Sorrows
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I thought the same thing was happening in England, Canada and Australia?They allow gay marriage and even have some bishops who are openly gay and in homosexual relationships. That is why the rest of the Anglican Communion decided to suspend them.
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theropod
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No, not yet anyway. In Canada, some parishes have been blessing same sex unions (without punishment), but SSM is not yet a province supported practice. That’s the technicality they got off on.I thought the same thing was happening in England, Canada and Australia?
But you have to also keep in mind that TEC and the ACoC make up like 2 million members of an 80-85 million member body.
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