There have certainly been interesting developments from the Lambeth Commission the past few days. First came a letter from the Chairman ++Eames. It’s wonderfully Anglican in that it can be given a variety of interpretations, not unlike pronouncements from Alan Greenspan. And sure enough, conservative Anglicans do already have a variety of views on it. My first response was that he was mainly telling everyone to chill out for a while. But who knows.

Second comes a report to be in tomorrow’s London Times that the commission is looking at loosening up the Anglican Communion into a confederation. I don’t know quite what to think of that yet. I guess it would be preferable to a total break-up of the Anglican Communion. And there would be mechanisms available for disciplining wayward churches.

If it would allow orthodox continuing Anglican bodies, such as the Reformed Episcopal Church, to join and would provide a place for orthodox Anglicans as a whole in North America, I would probably consider it a good thing. But if it allows apostates to stay in while they push the orthodox out of the Communion, then I would consider it so much rubbish. Any proposal that doesn’t provide a safe place for besieged orthodox is worthless.

For now, I’m still watching with interest.