Saturday on the Primatial Links

The Primates of the Anglican Communion are meeting next week to, I don’t know, talk some more. If you’re a Christian you might like to pray that they agree on who Jesus is and how he can be best known, like in the scriptures, or something.

Here are some predictions if you like church minutia.

Here is an interesting take on the roots of our modern understanding of human sexuality.

And here is something funny to cheer you up.

I’ve been around the Anglican block a couple of times. I used to get really worked up about these meetings, praying and being confident that stuff like truth would prevail and heresy would be eschewed. Now, I’m just waiting for Jesus to come back. For those of you Anglicans who still posses hope, here is the pattern of how it works, articulated by Matt.

“As a writer for Stand Firm, I have covered every Primates Meeting since 2006 and my research includes the Primates Meetings since 2003. A clear pattern emerged under Archbishop Welby’s predecessor Archbishop Rowan Williams. 1. In the months leading up to each Primates Meeting, the Archbishop of Canterbury will acknowledge the deep crisis in the Communion with regard to the question of human sexuality. 2. The Archbishop of Canterbury will publicly affirm the decisions of the Lambeth meeting in 1998, citing in particular Lambeth 1.10. and other past agreements 3. The Archbishop of Canterbury will acknowledge that the crisis has been caused by the actions of TEC and the ACC. 4. The Archbishop will urge all Primates to attend the meeting so that something might be done to avert the crisis. 5. When the meeting takes place, the agenda will be carefully crafted to provide time both for discussion and for common worship. 6. Photographs will be taken showing all the primates together at worship or in conversation or posing together for a group portrait. 7. Proposals will be drafted by a working group of primates for a final Primates’ Communique. The working group will include at least some primates friendly toward TEC and the ACC. 7. A Communique will be issued calling for some specific action on the part of TEC and the ACC and continued conversation on the part of all the participants. 8. TEC and the ACC will not accede to the stipulations of the Communique. 9. When asked to take action the Archbishop of Canterbury will explain that he cannot do anything since he has no coercive power to discipline. 10. Meanwhile TEC and the ACC will be invited to the next Primates’ Meeting, to the Lambeth Council (when held), and to the Anglican Communion Council meetings as will the orthodox primates.”

So there you are. Hope you have a lovely weekend!