Tuesday, January 16, 2007  TAC Orders  In the paper sent to the
TAC, it is noted that there is a variety of opinion in the ACC
on the Orders of the TAC. I have argued that TAC Orders are
valid and that all contrary claims are based on false reasoning.
The supplementary paper in which I did this, with some
modifications, is here. I should note that this paper has no
imprimatur or approval whatsoever from any hierarch in the ACC.
I should also note that it contains three very short "stories"
which are all intended to be amusing, but are also fictional.
Only the last one is claimed to represent reality indirectly.
The names used were deliberately light-hearted and are not
intended to offend any member of another Church.  It is just my
opinion, but I think that for reconciliation between the TAC and
the ACC three things have to happen, even if they take time:
1. The TAC should throw down the gauntlet to those clinging onto
the Anglican Communion and its present compromises, especially
Forward in Faith and dioce