LA Assistant Bishop Sergio Carranza blames "international conspiracy" for Episcopal Church's division:
"Once enthroned, Rowan Williams found himself caught in the web of a plot of international dimensions in which radical British evangelicals, ultraconservative American schismatics and an ambitious African Primate, with his band of assenting minions, had joined forces to capture the soul of Anglicanism, at the same time that they advanced their own particular agendas.
Up until the last meeting of the Primates in Dar es Salaam, the Archbishop of Canterbury tried to woo the leaders of the conspiracy by yielding to the majority of their wishes. As was to be expected, the ringleaders took Rowan Williams' acquiescence for weakness, and redoubled their efforts to make him sanction an American schism.
Although he has not fully submitted to their demands, I do not understand why is it that he does not put a stop to Peter Akinola's grandiloquent harangues, or to his incessant interventions in the Episcopal Church, or respond accordingly to his bullying threats, such as "We will definitely not attend any Lambeth Conference to which the violators of the Lambeth Resolution are also invited as participants or observers." (2006 report of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa). Neither do I understand Rowan's reluctance to meet with the House of Bishops.
If the Archbishop of Canterbury allows the conspirators to have their way, they will not only validate an American schism, but alienate the other 21st century Anglican Provinces, and, in effect, render asunder the Anglican Communion by erecting their own ecclesial body where his primacy and moral authority will become superfluous."
The rest is here a T19.
Has the bishop forgotten about this?
Or this?
Could it be that the problem is that the Episcopal Church has jumped the shark?
5 comments:
Anybody know how you say "anti-Christ" in Reappraiser? Or is that just understood when they talk about +Akinola? ;)
This minion of Jon Bruno came to our evangelical parish (not long before we jumped ship to Uganda) to give us, as our assistant rector said, a "spanking." Preaching in front of a congregation of real believers, he was much better at hiding his anti-Bible, anti-gospel stance. The likes of Sergio Carranza typifies the TRUE subversive in the Anglican Communion.
Notice the nice linguistics to change the argument in who is causing trouble. Though the arrogance and commentary on the ABC will probably not have a positive effect. The British have a different game of politics with this will come off gauche.
Per jumping the shark. PECUSA did that before Fonzie in the '70's ...
I wonder how many liberals realize that TEC and CoE are actually in a state of impaired communion over women bishops?
Former ABC Carey gave a very good talk at Duke Divinity School earlier this year that turns a great deal of the conventional wisdom about the AC's polity and history on its head. A recording is available on iTunes in the iUniveristy section.
Wow, me thinks that +Carranza needs to be fitted for a tinfoil Miter. The only thing missing is the Masonic-Bilderburger-Jack Chick tie-in to this conspiracy. But I digress.
Seriously, this Orwellian-Ecclesiastic newspeaak at its best.
Carpe Deus Y'all
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