[mgstarr]

The battle between Bishop Duncan and Bishop Bennison is fascinating - as is the potential for an ecclesiastical court challenge.

Unfortunately however, the overall Anglican Communion leadership has drifted so far to the left since the schisms in the 70's that I doubt they can recover until the current generation of Bishops has passed on.

This is really no different than what's happened to our universities - the 60's radicals are all now tenured professors and administrators.

[r9etb]

Perhaps you're correct.

However, there is an interesting dynamic to this: the healthiest parishes in the ECUSA are mostly traditionalist. One possible (likely?) outcome of this would be the introduction of "flying bishops," and Moyer may well become one of them.

If flying bishops ever come to be, I can see the ECUSA quickly transforming into two provinces -- traditional and liberal -- with the latter probably dying out pretty rapidly. (They've already done a fine job of jettisoning all of the traditional architecture, liturgy, and hymns.)

The transition would no doubt be rocky: bishops -- especially liberal ones -- have repeatedly shown themselves to be rather tightly bound to church properties and endowments.

But ultimately, I see this as an example of the Parable of the Weeds (Matt. 13:24-30)