The Rev. Canon Gordon Baker is suggesting that the Anglican Church of Canada changes its name. He is not proposing to take the obvious and needed step to avoid prosecution under the false advertising act: remove the word “Church”. Instead he wants to align with the other sinking ship south of the border, The Episcopal Church. In the popular vernacular, I think it means Fred would become Katharine’s bitch – assuming he isn’t already.
From here:
So I raise the question, “Is it time for a name change from The Anglican Church of Canada?” After all, we changed it once before, in 1955, from The Church of England in Canada to The Anglican Church of Canada. This was done to recognize and proclaim our existence and autonomy as something other than a colonial religious outpost. However appropriate the use of the word “Anglican” was at that time, it is now more than 50 years later, and our church has changed in its understanding of itself and its mission in a greatly changed Canadian social context.
Today we are developing new mature relationships with the aboriginal peoples of Canada and they are our sisters and brothers in faith and mission. Our clergy in Quebec are becoming totally bilingual so as to work comfortably within a French culture. The tag in western Canada of being the “English Church” no longer holds true.
I submit that it is time for us to be fully grown up and give thanks for all we have received from the Church of England, and others, but have a name that more truly expresses who we are. I believe that the name, “The Episcopal Church of Canada,” would do just that.
I wish they would. We are the real Anglicans anyway.
Wait… you can’t be serious. You, the “real” Anglicans. In your dreams. You’re an exclusive club.
Time will tell.
The only thing I’m going to say on this is that in 1969 my mum looking for Episcopal in the phone book and didn’t find it, so we did have a church affiliation for years.
We attended the Scottish Episcopal Church in Scotland.
Eph 3:20,
I couldn’t get David’s link to work, but, if this works, the article is Here…
One of the commenters hopes this happens so that we can be, “…free from the baleful influences of the Articles of Religion.”(!)
Again, who are the real Anglicans?
Thanks – link’s fixed now.
Sorry, Henry, but that is truly how I feel about it.
Only children argue with each other about who is “really grown up”. It’s hard not to feel contempt for this material, based purely on that example of manipulative argument alone.
But considering their fondness for unnatural vice, perhaps “the adult church” is indeed the right moniker for them. Rather like the “adult” movie, and about as well respected.
Then there is this gorgeous paragraph:
“Today we are developing new mature relationships with the aboriginal peoples of Canada and they are our sisters and brothers in faith and mission. Our clergy in Quebec are becoming totally bilingual so as to work comfortably within a French culture.”
Perhaps we can imagine a couple of further paragraphs, perhaps deleted — for now! — after the first draft…
“And today we are developing new, mature, I’m-really really-adult-now relationships with those who are in a stable, caring relationship with their pet alsatians. Did not our Lord ride on an animal into Jerusalem? Just as our new bishop-to-be, Gene Poodlefondler, has a close and sacred relationship with his own live-in companion, and guard-dog, Spot. He is surely an example to us all! Our new friends, and their dogs, are our brothers in Christ. Aren’t we holy!”
Good grief it happening ! In Algoma of all places. http://www.dioceseofalgoma.com/
Interesting news. Why not call it the Anglican Church of British North America (A.C.B.N.A.)? Or the C. of E. in B.N.A.? Seriously though, “if it’s not broken, don’t try to fix it”. Anglican Church is the proper name and I see no reason to change it, unless the Apostate faction wants to distinguish itself from the orthodox Anglicans who still believe the Gospel.