ANGLICAN ANGER: THE SOUTH HAS RISEN ...

... again, and the north had better look out this time!

In some of the strongest language used so far, traditional Anglicans in the Global South warned U.S. and Canadian churches that their liberal interpretations of human sexuality will break apart the 450-year-old communion.

Of course the Church of England is included in this warning.

“The unscriptural innovations of North America and some western provinces on issues of human sexuality undermine the basic message of redemption and the power of the Cross to transform lives,” a statement from the traditional Anglican leaders read. “These departures are a symptom of a deeper problem, which is the diminution of the authority of Holy Scripture.”

I have traditionally considered myself a stout member of the Union but I may end up being a Rebel this time! I wonder if I can dye this blue uniform grey? The South is rising again!

Strange thing though, up until now Canterbury has been a rank liberal amongst Anglican liberals but suddenly the Archbishop is sounding more like a conservative ... to the point of deferring to the rule of Christ in their Communion. Go figure?

Even the Archbishop of Canterbury, the 77-million member Communion’s head, touched on the issue as he pleaded with the global church to walk together.

"Now I don't suggest that we can forget the practical questions that are laid upon us at the moment in our Anglican fellowship," he said in apparent reference to the visual division over homosexuality in the church. "But I do say that we shall never begin to answer them adequately unless our eyes, our minds and our hearts are with Jesus, are where Jesus is."

Homosexuals are apparently less than 1% of the world's population and don't figure to be able to carry the day in this fight, but the havoc they are bringing to the visible church may leave it in such a state many will find it easier to walk away than rebuild ... with Jesus at the head that's not such a bad idea!

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