The Journal calls ANiC parishioners Anglicans. It has to be a typo.
A group of Anglicans from St. John’s Shaughnessy in Vancouver, the largest of four dissident parishes in the diocese of New Westminster, will begin Sunday services at Oakridge Adventist Church beginning Sept. 25.
It must be a typo. Since ANiC is not in communion with Canterbury, this group from dissident churches is not part of the worldwide Anglican church. Dissident Anglicans they are perhaps, but not Anglican as Canterbury understands. And since the Canterbury website does not acknowleged ANiC as being “in communion” then they are not.
Don’t get too caught up on narrow definitions. After all, many “Anglicans” strongly believe that the Worldwide Anglican Communion is a “Catholic” Church, and depending on your definition of “Catholic” there are many (those in Communion with the See of Rome perhaps) who would disagree.
If we were to use the Solemn Declaration of 1893 as a Canadian definition of “Anglican” you could argue that ANiC is more Anglican than the ACoC.
Well, you got a rise out of him, David, but really, a bit like shooting fish in a barrell, don’t you think?
I see he even felt moved to go comment on the original story.
Eph 3:20
“General Synod, the national assembly of the Church of England, affirmed the Anglican Church in North America’s desire “to remain within the Anglican family.” ”
This was a report from the last General Synod. As you know, ANiC is part of ACNA. Also, the majority of Anglicans worldwide are in broken communion with ACoC and TEC but in full communion with ACNA and ANiC.
Actually, the motion affirmed the desire of those INDIVIDUALS who formed the ACNA to remain part of the communion — the ACNA was not affirmed or recognized, or even the subject of the motion.
That’s an interesting way to spin it.
And the influence of Canterbury is on the wane: