Many of us understood this years ago when others were widely proclaiming that the ABC would come through for orthodox Anglicans. For a number of years The Speculation Site was at the forefront of the trust the ABC to do the right thing party. We're glad that TSS has now come to the party that makes the most sense given the facts now and then. ed.
Reality Check : Rowan Williams is not our friend
from Stand Firm by Matt Kennedy http://www.binghamtongoodshepherd.com
Rowan Williams is not about to recognize the ACNA nor will he accept dioceses apart from their provinces. He is not now nor has he ever been a friend of orthodox Anglicanism. His task has been to maintain Communion unity through manipulative and deceptive private gestures and ambiguous public statements designed to give hope at just the right moments and then, later, to take it away.
His apologists are even now no doubt concocting some sort of exculpatory explanation for this latest betrayal...but make no mistake this is a betrayal. Recall the Archbishop's letter to Bishop Howe dated October 14th, 2007:
"I would repeat what I've said several times before - that any Diocese compliant with Windsor remains clearly in communion with Canterbury and the mainstream of the Communion, whatever may be the longer-term result for others in The Episcopal Church. The organ of union with the wider Church is the Bishop and the Diocese rather than the Provincial structure as such."
Of course that was then...a whole 2 years ago...but this is now, 2009, and times have changed and the Archbishop with them.
In fact, throughout this mess there has been only one constant, the untrustworthy character of Rowan Williams.
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