Quote Originally Posted by dawson28 View Post
The clue is probably in one definition of the word Church "body or organization of religious believers:" ipso when these believers do not believe together in an organised manner, the body reflects this by sending out a mixed message... this can cause mirth outside the Church as it people contrast the principles of the body with the confused message... there we go..
Indeed this is part of his problem. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, is not "Pope" of the Anglican Church. In fact the Anglican Church does not exist outside of England but is worldwide, an organization of religious believers, not a single organisation. It is even called different things in different countries. (Church of Scotland, Church of Ireland, Episcopalian Church etc.)
Justin Welby is almost in a secular sense their “chairman” rather than their” boss”. So, he is between a rock and a hard place, having to balance the beliefs of an English Church that is reasonably broadminded and filled with people who do not take the whole “God Thing” too seriously and, for example, some African Churches who take it extremely seriously.