[Magdalen] TEC suspended from Anglican Communion

[Lynn Ronkainen]

... and Justin is probably not going to call a Lambeth Conference either 
(noise about this for almost a year now), may already be a no-go (I'm not 
sure).

So Grace, your comments about the nature of the meetings make me feel ever 
more strongly that a great desire for listening is at hand, and many 
moderate voices in the communion have not felt listened to. TEC  does not 
have a corner of not being listened to either, IMO. I believe that the 
voices of divisiveness and bible thumping, although they might be the 
nosiest in the room, will not be any  more constructive or instructive than 
they have been on this side of the pond. In the end only love really 
survives. I believe that 3 years will provide a time for real space and 
discernment and I have great hope.

Is the AC just an anachronistic side bar to post Protestant Revolution 
legitimacy against the 'one true church' , both being firmly rooted in first 
century Rome? I think that it is much more than that and would like to see 
it reconciled and healed. I believe it can exist in a dance of agreeing to 
disagree. Only time will tell.

Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 2:25 PM
To: "magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] TEC suspended from Anglican Communion

> Well, as I understand it, this body actually has no authority to do this.
> They can vote on it all they want, but they don't get to make the final
> decision.The Primates Meeting, which was formed by ABC Coggan, was only to
> be a council of advice to the ABC. The Anglican Consultative Council sets
> policy, and they meet in April. So this isn't over.
>
> It's interesting that the only problem issue they mention is same sex
> marriage.  Nothing in there about ordaining gay and lesbian folks. So I
> guess if a person is in a same-sex relationship, it's OK for them to be
> ordained as long as they aren't married. A civil partnership ceremony 
> would
> be OK. And here I thought it was Gene Robinson's ordination to the
> episcopate that was the event that started all of this...
> Oh, and the statement says that marriage is a lifelong bond between a man
> and a woman, so I guess next they'll go after those provinces that permit
> divorce and remarriage!  These primates may end up being the ACC all by
> themselves...
>
> Molly, someone told me that the reason they didn't do the same thing with
> Canada is that Canada hasn't yet voted to make SSM legal.
>
> I think the whole thing is just smoke and mirrors.  We might just be able
> to spend more time and effort on real ministry if we stop trying to please
> everyone in the AC.
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> http://www.primates2016.org/articles/2016/01/14/statement-primates-2016/
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> *We must cry out against injustice or by our silence consent to it.
> Dorothy Day*