Posted on 10/07/2005 1:20:24 PM PDT by sionnsar
It seems that what some of us have been expressing loud and clear all along since the meeting of the last General Convention—about a coup d’état in the Anglican Communion—is about to happen: Peter Akinola, Primate of Nigeria, will be proclaimed titular head of the Un-anglican Conjunction, a motley assemblage of Third World provinces, dioceses, and individuals, of the Fundamentalist persuasion.
Our domestic conspirators and their financial sponsors keep telling everybody that Latin America is part of the conservative faction, and therefore part of the complot, but that is a misrepresentation, because the only renegade province in Latin America is the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone, which is the least numerous, the least Anglican and the least Latin American. The Anglican/Episcopal Church of Brazil, the Anglican Church of the Central Region of America, and the Anglican Church of Mexico, are loyal members of the Anglican Communion and find themselves on good terms with ECUSA and the Canadian Church, respecting their polity and autonomy.
Trevor Grundy, writing in “News.scotsman.com” on September 11, 2005, indicates that there will be a meeting next month in Alexandria, Egypt, in which the Archbishop of Nigeria will be enthroned as the Primate of a schismatic church (I believe the technical term is sect) devoted to preserve biblical “orthodoxy” and “traditional” morality.
Peter Akinola, who is not known particularly for his modesty, prudence or charity, has had the nerve to call for the expulsion of the Church of England from the Anglican Communion and the severance of ties with the Archbishop of Canterbury. It would be funny if it were not such a tragic faux pas on the part of someone who appears to have lost all sense of reality.
It is very sad indeed to see how our beloved Anglican Communion is being rent asunder by an unholy combination of gross ambition, bad hermeneutics, poor ecclesiology, conservative money and plain homophobia.
I would like to invite my brothers Peter Akinola, Henry Orombi, Drexel Gomez and Gregory Venables to ponder this: when they eventually get to the table of the heavenly banquet, they will find that we, the despicable revisionists, also have reserved seats, and that we all shall be seated next to Jesus’ favorite guests: publicans, prostitutes and sinners who, like us, do not trust in their own righteousness, but in God’s manifold and great mercies.
–The Rt. Rev. Sergio Carranza is Assistant Bishop of Los Angeles; this appears in The Angelus of October 2006. The Angelus is an electronic newsletter serving the clergy community in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.
css Says:
October 7th, 2005 at 11:29 am
The silly scotsman story is thoroughly inaccurate and has been discredited by Archbishop Akinola himself:
http://titusonenine.classicalanglican.net/?p=9075
“I am writing to you in anticipation of two important gatherings that will take place in the next few weeks the CAPA Primates’ meeting in Dar es Salaam and the South/South Encounter that will take place in Egypt. These are important opportunities for us to meet, pray, and take counsel together as we seek to remain faithful followers of Christ during these challenging days.
As you may know we have just completed the General Synod of the Church of Nigeria during which we were privileged to welcome Archbishop Yong Ping Chung as an honoured guest. We also took a number of actions to clarify our commitment to the apostolic faith including amending our constitution. As you well know there are those who will seek to distort our intentions and I wanted to be sure that you heard from me before we meet face to face.”
The fact that Rowan Williams is invited and will come is further evidence that the Scotsman article is wrong.
What I find interesting is the term “unanglican” and the term “the least Anglican.” We hear all the time about the via media, incorrectly interpereted to mean we are a broad church that preaches tolerance of all views. Everyone is welcome, we hear.
And–the anger of these “via media” types is about people who think Anglicanism has a definition which includes, yes, limits. They say there are no limits.
And then the very same people have a standard of what is anglican as well but they will not admit it. They therefore are ready to judge and even exclude others as unanglican based on said standard.
The hypocrisy involved is amazing.
Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams. This man is evidently gifted with great humility!
Reminds me of Rev. Jim Jones.
Seems the man is making some BIG assumptions about who is going to end up in Heaven.
. . . they will find that we, the despicable revisionists, also have reserved seats, and that we all shall be seated next to Jesus’ favorite guests: publicans, prostitutes and sinners who, like us, do not trust in their own righteousness, but in God’s manifold and great mercies.
As I recall, Jesus commanded everyone -- including publicans and prostitutes -- to repent and sin no more. Has the good bishop forgotten that? Or does he consider that part of Jesus' message to be optional?
He wants us to believe that what he is up to is not sin. Yep, and he didn't inhale either I guess.
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