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Website of the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll

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CURTAIN CALL ON THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION

  • August 5, 2022
A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
(Stephen Crane)

The cleaning lady at Lambeth Palace found a crumpled up paper under His Grace’s desk. It went like this:

FROM THE DESK OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

My sisters and brothers in Christ,

I thought it important as we conclude this marvelous time together to issue a final “Call on the Anglican Communion.”

I write to wholeheartedly affirm:

  • That the Anglican Communion first convened at Lambeth Palace in 1867.
  • That the 1888 Lambeth Conference approved a Quadrilateral.
  • That the 1920 Conference resolved that marriage is the unchangeable Christian standard.
  • That the 1930 Conference resolved that I get to decide who is in and who is out.
  • That the 1998 Conference passed a Resolution on Human Sexuality.
  • That the 2008 Conference had vigorous indaba.
  • That the 2022 Conference met and…

Stephen Noll

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