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To: sionnsar
"It's strange that conservatives by and large do not want to consult the rest of the world on things like foreign policy, but people in the church think we have to consult the bishop of Nigeria on some local issue," he said.

Is this supposed to make sense?

5 posted on 04/30/2005 11:53:11 AM PDT by Logophile
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To: Logophile

Absolutely. This is an oblique reference to Archbishop Akinola of Nigeria, who is probably the most outspoken of the "Global South" (Africa, South America and Southeast Asia), which constitutes something like 90% of world-wide Anglicanism -- and which is highly critical of the misadventures of ECUSA and its friends.


6 posted on 04/30/2005 3:39:11 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || Iran Azadi || Where are we going, and why are we in this handbasket?)
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