That's right - he did. Read it all here.NYT: We should point out that you were deposed from ministry of the Episcopal Church by the presiding bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori, after you threatened to have your diocesein Pittsburgh secede.
Duncan: That was a year ago, but what’s interesting is that virtually no one in the Anglican world accepted that sentence. Within two weeks of being deposed, I was received at Lambeth Palace in London by the archbishop of Canterbury, who continues to consider me a bishop.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Archbishop interviewed by The New York Times
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"They may get the stuff, but we'll get the souls. They may get the past, but we've got the future."
That's Our Archbishop!
Archbishop Duncan's response seems a little off the mark, perhaps unintentionally. It implies that the Archbishop of Canterbury recognizes Archbishop Duncan as a bishop in the Anglican Communion. I do not think that is the case. Perhaps in time that will change, but, at present, it seems misleading to imply that ACNA bishops (or the Archbishop) are recognized by Canterbury as part of the Anglican Communion. Perhaps I'm over-reading this.
+Duncan remains a bishop in the Southern Cone and as such is still in communion with Canterbury as a bishop in the Anglican Communion. I am sure he is comfortable with that ambiguity. This condition will remain untll Canterbury recognizes ACNA. Or not.
To Anonymous. No you are not over-reading this. You are reading this the way Bishop Duncan intended it to be read. No bishops who seceded or were deposed prior to Lambeth were invited to Lambeth. Recife, Central Africa etc. Had Duncan seceded or been deposed prior to Lambeth, he would not have been invited. For those who site the situation of Bishop Schofield, please recall that Lamb, the TEC approved bishop was invited. Duncan's insinuation that virtually all members of the communion would recognize him as Anglican may be correct, but many would not recognize him as a Bishop in Communion with Canterbury or a bishop with jurisdiction. He and his organization are not now and may never be members of the Anglican Communion, at least the one led out of Canterbury. ...The one led out of Nigeria? Now that's something different entirely. And, nice picture of the outside of Lambeth. Where is the picture within? EmilyH
I'd rather have salvation than Canterbury if that decision had to be made...
RalphM
RalphM - so would everyone, but that's not a choice that has ever been presented, as best I can tell.
Scout
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