ECUSA was not expelled
Jan. 14th, 2016 10:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marnanelA document got leaked from the Primates' meeting and now the media is in a flap. People are saying that the Episcopal Church of the USA has been suspended or something for allowing same-sex marriage. It hasn't. Read the document yourself, but here's a summary:
1) The meeting has applied (minor and temporary) sanctions against ECUSA for imparing catholicity by making a controversial step without discussing it first. (I myself think these sanctions are a mistake, because we could have discussed it forever, and this is a matter of justice.)
2) The Anglican communion has exactly the same composition as before. ECUSA is not expelled. ACNA is not admitted.
3) Section 4 is groundbreaking: the Primates' meeting has not affirmed that marriage is between one man and one woman, merely noted that this is a majority opinion.
1) The meeting has applied (minor and temporary) sanctions against ECUSA for imparing catholicity by making a controversial step without discussing it first. (I myself think these sanctions are a mistake, because we could have discussed it forever, and this is a matter of justice.)
2) The Anglican communion has exactly the same composition as before. ECUSA is not expelled. ACNA is not admitted.
3) Section 4 is groundbreaking: the Primates' meeting has not affirmed that marriage is between one man and one woman, merely noted that this is a majority opinion.
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Date: 2016-01-15 12:31 am (UTC)