tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post6722009947888411172..comments2024-03-27T08:46:54.369-04:00Comments on BabyBlueOnline: Christian Post Reports: Orthodox Anglicans Losing Hope in Episcopal Church as it lives through an "extended Good Friday"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-5533070330960154742007-08-01T09:08:00.000-04:002007-08-01T09:08:00.000-04:00Hi Anam Cara,ACI = Anglican Communion Institute - ...Hi Anam Cara,<BR/><BR/>ACI = <A HREF="http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.com/" REL="nofollow">Anglican Communion Institute</A> - Orthodox in belief but VERY committed to internal reform (Whitfield).<BR/><BR/>ICON = <A HREF="http://www.acn-us.org/icon/" REL="nofollow">International Conference</A> - An umbrella of Kenya, Southern Cone & Uganda APO - they are forming one group (Wesley).<BR/><BR/>RE:<I> Why didn't some of the newer groups join older ones rather than start their own? </I><BR/><BR/>Good question, one many have asked. Short form is probably egos and personalities on all sides. I have three times the answer of various people who asked Minns+ that very question & I've seen the PPT presentation for TFC departure, without specifics, I'll say my impression is politics. <BR/><BR/>This does not give a good base that we'll not repeat history of the Continuing Churches. <BR/><BR/>I'll say how and who ultimately moves with the ACN will also shape the future (there are at least two if not three or four that many not move out of TEC). WO will be an interesting issue in the future and will shape the relationship with Continuing Churches. <BR/><BR/>ACN certainly has it's work cut out for it. There are some unsung hero who will probably be invaluable to bringing cohesion.<BR/><BR/>I wrote on BB some time ago, in conversation with a local revisionist, that unless the Lord does this work we will end up splintering into pieces, if there is a unified structure in ten year in it only because the Lord built it. I have no hope in man, I know egos will destroy everything but in the Lord I have complete trust.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00261766465382455822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-81737751244169813112007-08-01T07:14:00.000-04:002007-08-01T07:14:00.000-04:00Kevin, you are so right about the Monday study fro...Kevin, you are so right about the Monday study from ++Venables. It is great! I agree wholeheartedly with him and, since it is your message, too, with you.<BR/><BR/>Re: the acronyms you used - I know what a lot of them mean, but never researched the groups behind them before this morning. I still don't know ICON and ACI, though.<BR/><BR/>What I have discovered is that of the acronyms I know, most groups were formed after the Episcopal Church left me in 1996. No wonder I don't know them. Before that, there was a group called, I believe, the Anglo-Catholic Mission or Anglo-Catholic Movement out of Texas (Dallas?) that was formed in response to the ordination of women. It was small in the late 70's and early 80's. Then I moved to Europe for 3 years and lost track of them.<BR/><BR/>I think it is pretty sad that a whole new organization had to be formed (Common Cause) to umbrella all the different groups that have left TEC. Why didn't some of the newer groups join older ones rather than start their own? A split is bad enough, but the splintering I now see is horrible!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-32225956591593169932007-07-31T23:45:00.000-04:002007-07-31T23:45:00.000-04:00Bishop Duncan and others have spoken the truth abo...Bishop Duncan and others have spoken the truth about TEC. Dr. Radner is a good man. There are different visions here and different toleration levels for TEC's (seemingly endless) nonsense.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-70095443049960199602007-07-31T08:01:00.000-04:002007-07-31T08:01:00.000-04:00I think Dr. Sietz is correct in that ACN will move...I think Dr. Sietz is correct in that ACN will move to being fully Federal Conservatives and abandon the Communion Conservative role (which ACI will fully assume). <BR/><BR/>This is good for I don't think one organization can do both roles effectively. That's kind of my exhortation to BB to let go and shake sand off feet (amazing there some which that's may message [though it seemed to be lost in other things] and ++Venables says it three days later [his is <A HREF="http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/4745/" REL="nofollow">much better</A> than what I said]).<BR/><BR/>When CANA voted to leave there is a need for a time to grieve, but there is also very much a need to grasp your hands to the plow and not look back. That's been a real positive bonus in my personal CANA quagmire is enter a place where TEC really has little influence anymore and the work ahead will get you caught up if your not careful [*Grin*].<BR/><BR/>I do not spurn ACI, they have a hard calling and an unenviable task. I do pray the Lord blesses them and protects them from every evil. <BR/><BR/>Those in APO, our course it different, Sept. 30 is important to those still in TEC, but not for long and AMiA, REC, APA it's meaningless and should be for CANA and ICON for we can't begin our journey still tied to the docks or for BB in spaceport ...<BR/><BR/>"Take her out slowly, ensign."Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00261766465382455822noreply@blogger.com