Tuesday, 14 July 2009

The Episcopal Church Snubs the Anglican Communion

It is all over. By a majority of two to one, the TEC House of Bishops have voted with the clergy and laity to end their moratoria on same sex blessings.

Matt Kennedy writes, "Essentially the whole Convention has chosen to snub the Anglican Communion. Of course, over the next few days expect to see a plethora of statements from the same people about how much they cherish the Communion and how much they are committed to it. Which is, of course, about the same as a husband who moves his lover into the second bedroom and then tells his wife how much he loves her."

See more here.

The next move will come today from this side of the Pond when the English General Synod will vote on whether to recognise the ACNA (Anglican Church in North America) - the orthodox Anglican grouping.

The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori, has warned of schism if Anglicans do so. Hopefully her threats will have the opposite effect.

The Archbishop's of Canterbury's recent words of regret over the earlier actions of the TEC clearly now do not go far enough.