Being in denial...not just a river in Egypt

This was excerpted on Kendall Harmon's Blog www.kendallharmon.net/t19 from the Episcopal News Service's coverage of the Pope's ecumenical gathering in NYC.
Yes, Benedict was speaking about the Episcopal Church, but probably not singled out...he probably means this about mainline protestantism in American in general. The Lutherans (ELCA), Presbyterians (PCUSA) and Methodist all have similar issues we have in TEC. But the splintering is particularly true for us in the Anglican Communion.

Benedict decried the "splintering" of Christian churches over "so-called 'prophetic actions' that are based on a hermeneutic not always consonant with the datum of Scripture and Tradition." Such actions, he said, cause Christian communities to "give up the attempt to act as a unified body, choosing instead to function according to the idea of 'local options,'" thus losing their connections to Christians in other times and places. Some, but not all, interpreted that as a veiled reference to controversy in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion.

"I think he did us the honor of giving us a serious address that I think needs to be read and reflected upon," said New York's Bishop Mark Sisk. Asked whether he thought Benedict had singled out the Episcopal Church in his remarks, Sisk responded, "It's possible--but I would be rather surprised. I don't think he was trying to send shots across the bow at particular churches. I think he spoke in a respectful way and I didn't see that as a shot at the Episcopal Church."