An Anglican Federation? The newest talk on the net is that the Lambeth Commission, which is trying to keep the Anglican Communion together, is considering making the Anglican churches a federation instead of a communion. This allows church diversity and even for one church to be out of fellowship with another. In other words, previously the Anglican Church stood for nothing in a de facto sort of way (mainly through renegades like ECUSA), but now there is talk of making this a part of our institution! What a disaster. You believe in the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, we believe in Gaia, Sophia, and Isis. No biggie, it's all "Anglican." If this happens, Anglicanism will forfeit its claim to catholicity. The fact that this has been endorsed mainly by Western, liberal, declining provinces should be enough to convince orthodox Anglicans to run far away from this proposal.