We’ve all heard this adage since we were kids. Most of us have probably experienced it in our own lives on more than one occasion. We may be experiencing it now on a global scale.
Before his crucifixion Christ said to the Father, “And now I am not in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name whom thou has given me; that they may be one, as we also are.” (John 17: 11) We don’t know whether Christians will be one prior to Judgment Day. Yet, based on the most recent current events, perhaps we Publish Postare witnessing the early stages of that unification.
Yesterday the Daily Telegraph, a London daily newspaper, announced that “Senior Church of England bishops have held secret talks with Vatican officials to discuss the crisis in the Anglican communion over gays and women bishops.” (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2254269/Anglican-bishops-in-secret-Vatican-summit.html) The article goes on state that “up to 600 clergy gave warning in a letter to Dr Williams [Archbishop of Canterbury] that they may leave the Church unless they receive a legal right to havens within the Church free of women bishops.”
One bishop is quoted anonymously stating, “"The internal pressure of the Anglican communion has pushed us apart and we’re committed to greater unity with Rome . There can be no future for Christianity in Europe without Rome ."
With each day western society becomes more of a frothing cauldron of secularism. In order to withstand this onslaught Christians will need to unite. An Anglican branch of the Roman Catholic Church?
Well, the Lord does work in mysterious ways.
Donald Tremblay
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