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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I[b]t’s a disciplinary action, not an expulsion.[/b] [/quote]

The Primates voted to suspend any involvement of the Episcopal Church in the Anglican Worldwide Communion for three years.  SUSPENDED.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/01/14/anglican-communion-suspends-the-episcopal-church-for-3-years-from-committees/?utm_term=.c68644138efb[/quote]

[b]NP. Suspension does not equal expulsion. This is basic English.[/quote][/b]

You seem to be splitting hairs arguing against yourself.  No one said expulsion.  TEC was suspended from the International Anglican Communion for three years in 2016.  A Committee was established to help TEC guide its way back into the fold.  TEC has refused so will not be brought back into the worldwide Anglican communion of 80 million people in 2019.

"Suspended" means, as stated by Time magazine:  The International Anglican Communion has suspended the U.S. Episcopal Church over its acceptance of same-sex marriage.

This discipline means the Episcopal Church will not be able to participate in internal Communion decision-making, serve on internal committees, or represent Anglicans in meetings with faith groups.  Leaders of the 38 provinces within the Communion decided on the Suspension . . .  "  So for all intents and purposes TEC is gone from Canterbury and the Anglican church (3rd largest Protestant faith on the planet).

This article also mentions the task force in place.  But TEC doesn't want to make the changes suggested so it will just die.   This was a testing period for TEC which it has failed. If it wants to be the Unitarian Church, then it should just join the Unitarian church.   http://time.com/4181518/episcopal-church-suspended-anglican-communion-same-sex-marriage/[/quote]

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