But, hey, the most important thing is that the homosexual agenda took a step forward. And that is the most important thing, right?
Is this like bombing the village in order to save it? I think the Church just blew itself up.
Only in their own minds.
In reality, it stirred up the opposition in what has been a bitter, decades-long controversy.
Perhaps we should thank God that this happened.
On the contrary. Now, instead of "merely" the threat of schism with the Anglican Communion (which the Queen wants to avoid at all costs), and the breakup of the Church of England, Williams is now threatened by a break with the Roman Catholics, and also the Orthodox Church.
All of that for the apostasy of Frank Griswold, Gene Robinson, and Canada'a Michael Ingham.
Williams' choices are fairly limited at this point: he can cast aside the "consenting bishops" of the ECUSA and Canada, thereby preserving the Communion; or he can side with the apostates, and destroy the Communion.
Also, we must remember that the Roman Catholic Church made its position on the ECUSA crystal clear when Cardinal Ratzinger issued, in JPII's name, a direct message of encouragement to the Plano meeting last October -- which ultimately set the ball rolling for Griswold's resignation from ARCIC.
In my mind it's fairly clear what's going to happen here. Williams will choose the unity of worldwide Christianity over the schismatic actions of the two North American provinces.
Where it goes from there is less clear, but it may well result in Griswold leading his faction of the ECUSA out of the Anglican Communion -- which leaves the orthodox among us to build a new Anglican province. (I think that would also end up handling the property issue, BTW.)