Brothers+ ++Williams was recently interviewed by a reporter from the Church Times. Below is a snippet from the rather lengthy interview. Does the possibility of a Third Province by Canterbury offer any hope of unity for the fragmenting WWAC and the fragmented Continuum? The entire interview, which covers a number of issues which ++Williams has had to face is posted at this website: http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/ Charles+ -------------------------------------------------------------- snipped from the CHURCH TIMES Take third province seriously — Williams by Paul Handley <snip> Do we need a Third Province solution? That has got to be thought through from early on in the discussion, and not just in haste afterwards. We have to face the reality that a lot of people who still identify themselves as Anglicans will not want to be in the kind of structural relationship they are now in with the rest of the Communion. Do we facilitate that? In what sense would that be a different Church? Lots of Churches that call themselves Anglicans have no structural connection. It would be for potential dissidents to answer the question: How strong a relation do you want? Do you want to be involved with the structures? If you don’t want simply to go off to be another continuing jurisdiction, but you want some status within the Communion as it exists, what is that going to mean? We would have to say to potential dissidents: What degree of involvement is hopeless compromise, for you? It sounds as if you are thinking about the Third Province idea quite seriously. With some sympathy, partly because I don’t see that the Act of Synod style of provision will do anything here, and because I take seriously what people on both sides of the debate have said: you can’t indefinitely perpetuate a situation in which,in one body, the ministry of some is regarded wholly negatively. Therefore, what’s the least evangelistically and spiritually damaging form of separation? I know we’re travelling along a path of conjecture, but would you still want to be its archbishop? I would want to go back to the question of what kind of communion, what kind of involvement, would such people be looking for. I would tackle it from there. I would be sorry to see a situation in which there was no kind of recognition, ownership, or relationship to some central, visible point like the see of Canterbury. <snip> _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_virusprotection_3mf