Something’s Happening…
But nobody has any idesa what the hell it is… Check it out. What does this mean? Nobody knows but the Network seems to be making more of a muddle of things than drawing clarity out of them. This is (IMHO) the Continuing Anglican malaise–nobody ever really knows who’s with who, who trusts who, and who communes with whom.
IS there supposed to be a link in there somewhere?
Comment by LutherPunk — February 16, 2006 @ 4:55 pm
Heh. Oops–fixed now…
Comment by Derek the Ãnglican — February 16, 2006 @ 6:04 pm
Thanks…I think reading through the comments are almost as interesting as the original post.
So are there exact numbers on how many parishes were once part of the ECUSA but now are no longer in the ECUSA? I would be interested to see those.
Comment by LutherPunk — February 16, 2006 @ 6:58 pm
There’s an incomplete list of parish departures that’s appeared here. Nobody seems terribly sure where it came from, so it’s biases are unknown…there’s more discussion about the site here.
Comment by Derek the Ãnglican — February 16, 2006 @ 7:15 pm
From an outsider’s perspective, this looks like a mess. It is not unlike the mess that exists in the ELCA with the Word Alone movement and the small but growing alternative quasi-denomination, Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ. But what makes the ECUSA divisions unique is your Episcopal polity, and this notion that an African bishop can “pick up” a north american congregation to maintain its connection to the Anglican communion, etc.. It all seems very technical . . .
Comment by Lutheran Zephyr — February 17, 2006 @ 12:19 am
it’s desperate.
Comment by Anastasia — February 17, 2006 @ 12:40 am
There’s one good piece of news out of all of this. For the Lutherans and others who may not be aware the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) does one better than Luther; they’re firm believers in the *episcopacy* of all believers… Woohoo! Purple shirts all around!!
Comment by Derek the Ãnglican — February 17, 2006 @ 2:44 am
WooHoo!
(tears off black clergy shirt and throws it to the ground)
I’m a Bishop!
(dons purple shirt that has been in the closet for emergency Episcopal consecration)
Comment by LutherPunk — February 17, 2006 @ 3:21 pm