Archbishop Welby’s disintegrating Communion
by David Virtue, VOL:
Less than half of England and Wales population Christian, Census 2021 shows. The Anglican Communion has lost its heart, says Egyptian Archbishop.
It must be hell living in Archbishop Justin Welby’s head.
Every which way Welby turns, the Anglican Communion over which he asserts moral authority roils from one crisis to the next with the Church of England facing implosion over homosexual marriage.
Apologizing over ancient sins only brought ridicule as Welby traipsed the world with lordly mea culpas on his lips.
Then, of course, there was the failed attempt at the recent Lambeth Conference to forge a middle way over homosexuality. He couldn’t, of course. He finally said that both positions on homosexuality were equally correct because both sides had prayed about it. They had exegeted the Bible for themselves, so living with difference was the order of the day. Why can’t we all just get along and stop making declarative statements even if the Bible from time to time does so, especially about sex.
Two notable homosexual appointments in the Church of England; one a new Dean of Canterbury and the other Welby’s Appointments Secretary, incurred the wrath of six GAFCON bishops, who accused Welby of caving in. Which, of course, he did. They blasted Welby. In a Communique, they called his actions a “heartbreaking provocation”, “duplicitous” and “departure from biblical standards.”
The tear in the fabric of the Communion has only deepened, perhaps irreparably in the appointment of a homosexual as the next Dean to Canterbury, they said.
Publicly, Welby is being upstaged on climate change by his predecessor, Rowan Williams. Williams enjoys sit-ins and climbing a “holy mountain” in Wales to pray and plant trees, hoping the God of all oaks will allow the planet to continue a wee bit longer so the tea drinkers in Lambeth Palace can announce that God has heard their cry. https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/faith-leaders-join-climate-pilgrimage-on-wales-holy-mountain/
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