For
many of us in the Anglican Communion, Canterbury is our spiritual home. It is a grief to us this day to see so many
in our church move away from the centrality of Canterbury in both our affection
and continuing history. The long history
of Canterbury down through the centuries testifies to the power of the Gospel
and the frailty of the men and women everywhere, and in every denomination, who
profess it. To call for separation from
Canterbury is to sever the flowering branches from the root that so long ago
was rooted in Christ, and to this day, through that root, draws grace and
strength to proclaim the Gospel in this complex and wicked world.
“Return,
return, O Shulammite, return, return, that we may look upon you. Why should you
look upon the Shulammite, as upon a dance before two armies?” Song of Solomon,
6:13.
