Justin Welby and the Idolatry of Reconciliation

I’ve been sitting on the balcony of our apartment in Brisbane enjoying watching the river traffic and strolling along the river walk: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA _DSC0172-2 _DSC0245Although this is more entertaining than dwelling on the convulsions of the terminally sick Anglican Communion, I have taken the odd moment to listen to the ever louder death rattle.

Justin Welby is so keen on reconciliation, I had thought him a Reconciliation Fundamentalist; it seems to be worse than that, though. I suspect that when the time comes for man to judge the fallen angels, Welby will plead the case for a good disagreement rather than outright damnation.

Just as there is no reconciling good with evil, there is no reconciling the faux-Christianity of the Anglican Church of Canada and TEC with the genuine article. To pretend otherwise is to make an idol of reconciliation.

From here:

The ACNA is a “fellow member of the church of Christ in the world,” but added the “ACNA is a separate church. It is not part of the Anglican Communion.”

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“We are committed ecumenically to reconciliation of the churches, to visible unity this is John 17 particularly the last few verses. That is a profound commitment, a profound emotional and theological commitment. Where there is the possibility of reconciliation with ecumenical partners, ACNA is clearly an ecumenical partner, it is a fellow member of the church of Christ in the world, as with all ecumenical partners we seek reconciliation.”

6 thoughts on “Justin Welby and the Idolatry of Reconciliation

  1. This simply affirms comments I made earlier. The appointment of the ABC is subject to the agreement of the civil government which has proven to be any stand taken by the ABC is going to agree with the civil government. Forget the Gospel as long as you can hold your position and appear to be reasonable. However, if the ABC was doing his duty toward our Lord and Saviour he would make it clear that his first allegiance is to the Gospel. It was my prayer and hope that Justin Welby would be true to the vows made at both his ordination and consecration. Tragically by his actions shows he has abandoned those vows and has fallen in line with the multitude of so-called bishops such as those within the ACoC and the TEC. Both can no longer claim to be Christian regardless of the attempt to make themselves look good in the eyes of true believers.

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