The Anglican Church of Canada is attempting to quell rumours of division and dissent within the Anglican Communion through something it calls Companion Relationships.
Contrary to what the Primate of the ACoC would like us to believe, though, when convincing African and Western Anglican bishops to merely sit in the same room and discuss anything other than their disagreements is viewed as a triumph of reconciliation, all it does is drive home just how broken the Anglican Communion really is.
Needless to say, it was the ACoC and TEC that did the breaking.
From here:
It was also a manifestation of what Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, had noted about the nature of relationships that exist within the Anglican Communion.
“For some people, when they think of the [Anglican] Communion, they immediately think division, dissension,” but a very different picture was evident in the companion relationships represented at this consultation, Hiltz said. He described these relationships as honest, healthy, vibrant and growing.
Although the bishop of the diocese of Central Buganda did not attend the meeting due to tensions between the church in Uganda and other parts of the Communion, Hiltz said that other clergy within that diocese attended “enthusiastically, really looking forward to the opportunity to be together and to talk across relationships.” Differences over contentious issues such as human sexuality weren’t part of the discussion “or even the subtext,” he told the Anglican Journal in an interview after he returned to Canada.
It’s all about the money.
Yawn.
Talk about putting lipstick on a pig. Hiltz is a total fool if he actually thinks that the Worldwide Anglican Communion is anything other than broken, and that he is largely responsible for this sad state of affairs.
The only other way to view this is that Hiltz is trying to portray unity, even just a little, knowing that their is none. That is completely dishonest.
So he is either a fool or a liar. Take you pick.
Considering the support the apostate Hiltz gave to the apostate Michael Ingham, there is no doubt that Fred Hiltz is a liar and has abandoned any allegiance to our Lord and Saviour in favour of that deceptive term “political correctness”.
I think you good people are being a tad harsh on the good Primate. He is after all a Lutheran. Need I say more.
And to think I trained some of those clergy!
There are two different branches of the Lutheran Church – the true orthodox Lutheran Church Canada affiliated with the Missouri Synod and the alleged Evangelical Lutheran Church which has fallen into the same pit as the ACoC and the TEC. Further considering the actions of Fred Hiltz I stand behind my statement.
Ha! I worship at a ELCIC church these days — I still consider myself an Anglican, but practical matters have made this church the best one for now.
Lovely people. I’m delighted they have your imprimatur. 😀