Wednesday, April 29, 2009  The Episcopal Church or The Evasive
Church??  Philip Turner (eminent American theologian) is one
sharp thinker. He puts the screws on a few folk in TEC with a
series of questions about the recent ignoble publication of
emails concerning a Communion Partners statement (noted in a
post here a few days ago). Here are two questions:  "8. Given
the frequently repeated objection that a diocese is in fact not
free to sign onto the covenant even if The Episcopal Church
refuses to do so, and given the fact that The Episcopal Church
is defined in its Constitution as being in communion with the
Archbishop of Canterbury, is the claim being made that a diocese
that wishes to remain in communion with Canterbury even in
circumstances where The Episcopal Church status has been
compromised must simply submit to seriously impaired or broken
communion?  9. To put the question another way, if The Episcopal
Church were to refuse to sign the covenant and its status in
relation to Canterbury and the other