Schism or damp squibb?
According to an article from Time Magazine, it looks as though a threat of schism through GAFcon-led division might be going off with more of a fizzle than a bang. Akinola, says the article, is losing influence.
“Kendall Harmon, a canon with the diocese of South Carolina and in many ways Naughton’s conservative counterpart, continues to hope that GAFcon may be the start of “a new thing.” But Harmon agrees that GAFcon will not have the impact some had hoped for, and that barring a surprise conservative rebellion at the Lambeth conference, the big blow-up around homosexuality many had expected this summer will be deferred. Anglicans, says Harmon ruefully, are incrementalists, and ”that has continued through this season.“
My favourite line from the article is the last, which puts things into a good frame of reference:
”It is also an object lesson for anyone who believes predictions of rapid change in a Communion whose strength former Archbishop Desmond Tutu reportedly described thusly: “We meet.”
You can read the article here:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817878,00.html
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