http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6883045.ece
“”Pope’s move will harm dialogue and weaken Church of England
Rome has clearly made a bold move, one which might prove attractive to some disgruntled evangelicals in search of an authority unlikely to cave in to the demands of the deepening secularist culture of the West...
The Anglican-Roman Catholic ecumenical dialogue in its current phase has seen the Anglicans making deep concessions to Rome. To the surprise of many Anglicans, an agreed statement, the Gift of Authority, urged the acceptance of the universal primacy and teaching authority of the Bishop of Rome. Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops worldwide have also been working together in a body seeking closer co-operation between the two.
On the face of it the sudden announcement by Rome seems to jolt, if not actually upset, that apple cart. Is the cause of gradual movement towards unity, with both sides making concessions, looking less realistic? If Rome does remove a significant body of conservative Anglicans, it will be left with a liberal Anglican communion with which to hold dialogue.
Rome’s move looks like a Western version of the Eastern Orthodox groups that accepted the primacy of Rome, the largest being the Ukrainian. The so-called Uniate churches keep their liturgical local custom and practice, as the Anglican body would be allowed to do under the new offer...
Anything that weakens the Church of England, at a time of real embattlement with radically secularist agendas now under way, must ultimately be a bad thing for the nation from a Christian perspective.””
As the liberal "wing" of the Anglicans is closer and closer to being effectively atheist the weakening of the Church of England does not look like a loss from a pan-Christian perspective.
The CofE is already nearly mortally weakened by being squashed under the thumb of a bishopric of gay agnostics who have more in common with the Druids than with any "Christian perspective."
This frees the Forward in Faith contingent to do battle with the Enemy. Think of it as lifesaving triage, or the amputation of a gangrenous limb.
GOD HAVE MERCY
Coming so soon after the encyclical advocating globalism . . . sobering.