rain and the rhinoceros

“Oh, shit.”

Perhaps this is all we can say.

I’m behind. What is the split?

There is a great deal of controversy in the Anglican communion surrounding issues like homosexuality and ordination, along with a host of other issues. Much of the conflict is between the U.S. Episcopal church and the rest of the Anglican communion, especially among more conservative Anglicans. The whole thing is a big big mess and it looks really bad for the future of the Anglican communion.

That’s life.

The ‘Anglican communion’ has been held together by velcro (er…stitched thread) for a few hundred years.

Wow! I sound really cynical. Sorry. Should we really be concerned over the Anglican communion? You are not going to convince conservative Anglicans that it is ok for homosexuals to be ordained.

Can we elect Rowan Williams to be pope? I mean seriously, we could be elcting a woman or a black man to be Presiden t of the US. Do you think they saw that coming 50 years ago?

To give a serious answer to your question.

House church?

The problem is, if the Anglican communion can’t stay together, no one will. Theologically they are pretty much the most flexible denomination (the methodist will give them a run for their money though) and if they can’t figure out a solution, I’m thinking the rest of the denominations are just screwed.

1 became 2 became 3 became 16 became 32 64 128 to15000 denominations now

Thanks for the clarification about the split. I knew about the controversies and subjects for debate. I didn’t think it was a breaking into two camps so much as a fracturing of the denomination as a body.

The Christian Century has a somewhat lengthy article on it: http://www.christiancentury.org/article.lasso?id=4770