St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

Giles Fraser notes:

Apparently, we now live in an age where those who say unexpected or complicated things are immediately put in the merciless stocks of public opinion. This whole business has exposed a visceral stain of anti-clericalism and its second cousin, anti-intellectualism. Even those who have no love for the church cannot think this a happy state of affairs.

The Archbishop has written a letter. Rob, a parishioner and scientist, asked me what I thought. He'd read it as reported in the NYTimes.

So I've read it.

A few things to note. He is trying to articulate the mind of the communion. He's not really making a theological statement, nor is he trying to move things forward other than by identifying where we - as a communion - are.