“News of the Vatican’s offer to Anglican traditionalists continues to reverberate around the world. Opinions range from jubilation to anger and frustration.”

 A helpful overview by David Virtue of 27 October including some North American  responses is found at VIEWPOINTS – POPE’S OFFER: Williams Blindsided, Carey Appalled, TAC Takes Offer, FIF-UK Punts

 There is many a book to be written from this exercise. Surely one of them is the issue of ‘unintended consequences’ which are so much a part of life. An interesting example from the above article by David Virtue:

 CANA bishop Martyn Minns took the Vatican’s offer as a way to press the case for Lambeth Palace’s recognition of ACNA. He wrote, “This move by the Catholic Church recognizes the reality of the divide within the Anglican Communion and affirms the decision to create a new North American province that embraces biblical truth.”         

 “While we welcome the positive response from the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury regarding the Vatican’s provision, we urge Lambeth Palace to move swiftly to fully endorse the efforts of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans and the Anglican Church in North America to keep the Anglican family together.”