Largest Anglican Parish In Canada Secedes Over Same-Sex Blessings

Largest Anglican Parish in Canada Secedes over Same-Sex Blessings
By John Connolly

VANCOUVER, February 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Citing disagreements over homosexuality, the largest Anglican congregation in Canada voted overwhelmingly to break with its diocese and join a conservative Anglican movement based in South America. St. John’s, a parish in the upscale neighborhood of Shaughnessy in Vancouver, voted to leave the Diocese of New Westminster on February 13… The full text of the story is available at: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2008/feb/08021505.html

I wish them well. I hope they are able to find a seperate peace.

It does occur to me that for the time being, they will still be in communion with all the elements of Anglicanism they find problematic, just switching bishops to one who better suits their understanding of orthodoxy. I think that begins to open another discussion: Does authority dependent on the consent of the governed constitute any form of authority at all? Is that a model for episcopal government or de facto congregationalism?

It is understandable that Canadian Anglicans might experience a warmness when looking southerly mid-February. For more orthodox sunshine and warmth year round, it may be time to cast their gaze more Romeward.

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