tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468413.post6355780147105594268..comments2023-08-15T05:58:12.859-05:00Comments on Wannabe Anglican: GAFCON Primates call for Chair of AC Primates Meeting to be electedMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059920222709764278noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468413.post-66885166549475837222012-04-27T06:06:04.399-05:002012-04-27T06:06:04.399-05:00Chip, at the FCA London meeting it has been said r...Chip, at the FCA London meeting it has been said repeatedly that they are not interested in splitting from Canterbury.<br /><br />Being in communion with Canterbury and letting Canterbury continue to nullify the decisions of the Primates Meetings are two different things.<br /><br />wannabeMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059920222709764278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468413.post-86994207242227647532012-04-26T23:45:58.040-05:002012-04-26T23:45:58.040-05:00This is just one thing too far. I am just about a...This is just one thing too far. I am just about as "right wing" and "orthodox/traditional" as just about anybody but this is just too much. <br /><br />When we (in the REC)were being "sold" the benefits of affiliating with other Anglicans (first Nigeria, then Communion Partners, then ACNA) the "hook" was always that this would get us back into the Anglican Communion and that our Bishops would be invited to Lambeth (obviously not the last one but 2018 hopefully.) <br /><br />If the GAFCON/FCA people rip us away from Canterbury, then we become just another sect. One of the major things which distinguishes Anglicans from other "Protestant groups" (e.g. those who are away from Rome/Orthodoxy) was that we were connected to the see of Canterbury. (This is commonly known as the Branch theory). Now, we had to leave ECUSA/TEC obviously and thus we gave up our connection to Canterbury. We were supposed to "get it back" when we joined ACNA. If ACNA (part of GAFCON/FCA) cannot give us back our connections, then we might as well have remained our own denomination (REC).RECCHIPnoreply@blogger.com