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Akinola said the Episcopal Church "is trying to redefine Christianity and rewrite Scripture, and we have no right to do that. The historic faith of the church is what we stand by, and there is no going back."

That man is priceless, his steadfast faith shines like a light in the darkness.

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Archbishop Peter Akinola said the future of true Anglicanism in the United States lies with conservative minority opposition groups within the Episcopal Church who oppose gay marriage and the church's approval of an openly gay bishop. The Episcopal Church is the U.S. branch of the Anglican Communion

Wrong, the future of true Anglicanism, period, much like my own Catholic Church, lies in Africa. Anglicanism and Catholicism are dead in the Western World. To quote comedian Eddie Izzard, "It's much more of a hobby, really, these days."

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Episcopal Church spokesman Daniel England said Saturday that Griswold understands that Akinola has strong feelings on the issue. "I'm sure the presiding bishop will be disappointed if the archbishop cannot join him at the communion table," he said.

This is clearly Griswold's take on the issue -- like Bill Clinton, it sounds like he's saying, "we'll just have to win." And this comment is a confident prediction that Frank and his elves will win.

Frank's confident assertion (through Mr. England) betrays a certainty that the recent letter to Eames was enough to win the day.

Here, I think, is yet another example of the revisionists' political tin ear. This smarmy little comment will be seen as a smack across the chops, not only of Abp. Akinola, but also the Eames commission, to the effect of, "they won't do anything meaningful."

I believe that Rowan Williams may really be beginning to understand the scope of his problem now, and is looking for a way to deal with the ECUSA and Canada that preserves the identity of those churches, while at the same time satisfying the orthodox provinces of the Communion.

There's one way to do that: to deal with the people in those churches who are causing the problems -- people like Ingham, Griswold, Robinson, and the rest.

Also, however, I believe we might well see some action taken against the AMiA, as they, too have been agents of schism in the church -- if nothing else, it will be a sop to the liberal side of the church.