I was talking this morning with Fr. Cullen after Morning Prayer as I walked to the subway and he walked to the gym. We were discussing what to do about the Study Guild provided by the national Church Center to be discussed by the Church concerning the Primate's Communique. We were lamenting the mess we are in.
Anglicanism is not an organizational structure. Anglicanism is a way of approaching the faith. Anglicanism is realized through organizational structures, but not contained within them. ( "Catholicism" may be applied commonly to the Church of Rome, but Rome cannot contain the faith "Catholic." Yes, lots of disagreement about whether that is true or not - whether Cranmer was a heretic - yadda, yadda, yadda.) It rests within a notion of "Common Law." Perhaps, this is becoming more difficult to live into the further we move away from the British understanding of the "Common" - "Common Prayer"
It is a shame when those structures that are supposed to be the embodiment of Anglican Faith tend to no longer act Anglican. Anglicanism will survive, by the grace of God, even if those structures do not.
