[bobjam]

I actually think he and his boss are trying to have it both ways. A schism has already appeared between the revisionists and the evangelicals and he is trying to stay friends with both sides.

There will no longer be joint Primatial gatherings, joint Lambeth Conferences and a joint Consultative Council. Instead, these meetings will occur within the two respective sides. Archbishop Williams and his successors will be invited to such events by both sides and likely regularly attend.

In other words, the evangelical Anglican Communion (based in Nigeria) and the revisionist Episcopal Communion (based in New York) will both be “in communion” with Canterbury but will have little to do with each other.

[jacero10]

In other words, the evangelical Anglican Communion (based in Nigeria) and the revisionist Episcopal Communion (based in New York) will both be “in communion” with Canterbury but will have little to do with each other. Wow, now this is a possibility I had not considered. Is this something that is out there being discussed or is this your own conjecture? Either way it sounds plausible to me. I am probably too informed by the doomsday sayers among the conservatives who really want the ABC for themselves and nothing but scortched earth for the others. My angry side likes that but my more sensible side knows that Rowan will seek a middle way. He's an Anglican, after all.