Stephen asks Laurie Goodstein why Anglicans can’t just ordain gay priests and then not talk about it – like the Catholics.

“Many ‘Anglo-Catholics’ share Rome’s opposition to female ordination. They have also historically hoped for a reunion with Catholicism, and correctly assume that female bishops would be a deal-breaker in any negotiation with Rome.”

“The question is not whether there is only one way to read a text, but whether a text is inherently intelligible, and thus capable of being read.”

Clean version of “After GAFCON” with Executive Summary

+DUNELM weighs in on GAFCON

“He was a leading Anglican scholar and strove for ecumenicalism.”

“That you will, dearie, and no mistake,” said Mrs Beaver; “if there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they’re either braver than most or else just silly.”

RE: GAFCON

June 15-22 2008: Jerusalem, Israel

“…the congregation of Trinity Fellowship Church participates in something that would have been considered almost heretical in most evangelical Protestant churches five or 10 years ago: a weekly Communion service.”

This is the oldest Anglican church in America (c.1632)