MCJ on the DCNY

THE BEST LACK ALL CONVICTION

from Midwest Conservative Journal by The Editor

While the worst are full of passionate intensity. Central New York intends to reject the Anglican Covenant:

Sections One, Two and Three of the Final Draft of the Anglican Communion Covenant beautifully articulates some of our most cherished values for living faithfully as a Communion. Regrettably we find that Section Four: Our Covenanted Life Together, is not in keeping with our understanding of a life-giving covenant. This is gravely unfortunate because it is our life together that most concerns us. We are troubled by the punitive nature of this section and find that instead of providing for an opportunity to strengthen our common life, it presumes failure in covenant keeping. We believe that grace can abound in covenanted relationships but with Section Four we are unable to joyfully bind ourselves to these agreements. Its inclusion in this Final Draft presses us to reject the document entirely.

Translation: seriously believe that stuff in the Bible? What are we, Southern Baptists or something? Get real.

I don’t know how long Dr. Williams has left as Archbishop of Canterbury but I’m beginning to think that he’s deliberately structured things in order not to have to preside over the death of the Anglican Communion.

It won’t happen for another three years but what if the US officially rejects the Covenant? Does Lambeth follow through with their threat to put the Americans on the back burner, so to speak?

If that happens, say goodbye to a WHOLE lot of American money as well as to financial contributions, such as they are, from such US satellites as Canada, South Africa and others. Say hello to an Episcopal Communion whose primus inter pares is a former female oceanographer based in New York City.

What if the Americans reject the Covenant and nothing happens to them as a result? What if TEO rejects the Covenant but some of its diocese accept it? What if TEO and the AOoC reject the Covenant but ACNA accepts it without reservation? Does Lambeth Palace rip the “official” North American Anglican brand from New York and Toronto and confer it upon Ambridge, Pennsylvania?

Or is just about everybody going to finally realize that this whole process has been a sham from the start?