I've been vaguely following the happenings at and around Lambeth, including the meeting at Jerusalem earlier this year. I have read about the potential for a split or for a "two tier" communion as a compromise, and that the worldwide communion may be ready to move without the consent of the US Episcopal church. So here's my question: is it particularly ignorant of me to just wish they'd split? I don't want a two-tier communion. The issues at stake are only about homosexuality on the surface level; there are other matters as well, including fundamental doctrinal issues. I realize part of being Anglican is maintaining the wholeness of the Church despite disagreements over peripheral things, and I have never loved the attitude of I'm-taking-my-doctrines-and-going-home. That said, I can't help but feel that a compromise would do nothing, not for the long term at least.
If anyone reads this and has thoughts on it, especially if you're an Anglican too but even if you're not, I'd appreciate your comment muchly.
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