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To: Agrarian

I would just like to point out that not all of "Anglicanism" is ignoring this tradition. To the contrary, it is extremely strongly retained in some quarters, including my own. Even (or particularly) in CofE this is a quite divisive element that could lead to two separate groups, one of which might be able to find union with Orthodoxy.


5 posted on 02/26/2006 6:16:10 PM PST by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Libs: Celebrate MY diversity! | Iran Azadi 2006)
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To: sionnsar

By Anglicanism, I am referring, of course, to the Church of England, which is still the point of unity for the entire Anglican communion.

Even most "conservatives" in ECUSA and the other "first world" Anglican Communion churches seem not to have a problem with the ordination of women. The C of E may be an exception, but probably only because it could cost them their leadership role in the Anglican world. I don't see significant hotbeds of opposition to women's ordination in the C of E on the grounds that it is just plain wrong, contrary to tradition, not subject to compromise. But of course, you are more familiar with the scene than I am.

If a split in the Anglican Communion comes about, with a dividing line being the ordination of women, then there would still be a very long and rocky path to union of the traditional side with Orthodoxy, but the path would still be there.


6 posted on 02/26/2006 9:12:50 PM PST by Agrarian
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