++Orombi Delivers Shot to the P.O. - Her Letter is "Stunning In Its Arrogance and Condescension"

I always enjoy reading the correspondence from Global South Primates to the P.O., and this time is no exception.  Archbishop Henry Orombi of the Anglican Church of Uganda has recently responded to the P.O.'s threatening letter demanding that he not come to visit a Church of Uganda congregation in Georgia.  ++Orombi is clearly not concerned with the P.O.'s verbiage.  Read the whole letter here , and a tip o' my kepi to Fr. Matt Kennedy and Stand Firm for sharing this with us.

++Orombi tells the P.O. that she has been "misinformed about key matters," most particularly that he is "not visiting a church in the Diocese of Georgia" but is "visiting a congregation that is part of the Church of Uganda."  ++Orombi responds to the P.O.'s references to the Windsor Report in her letter, noting that "it is quite ironic for you to be quoting the Windsor Report to me."  ++Orombi further states:  "Your selective quoting of the Windsor Report is stunning in its arrogance and condescension."  He notes that TEO and the P.O. are the root cause of the current troubles by their ignoring of the Anglican Communion's teachings and warnings about the fabric of the Communion being torn.  He also notes that TEO has rejected the pastoral oversight scheme and the proposed moratorium on litigation to which the P.O. verbally agreed at Dar Es Salaam.

++Orombi ends the letter by quoting Gamaliel from Acts 5:38-39, in which he says: "And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God."

This correspondence once again makes me wish the Global South Primates would reconsider their planned boycott of Lambeth.  While I doubt much can be accomplished in a substantive sense, I do believe that similar public denunciations of the P.O. and her minions would give heart to the orthodox around the world and let us know that our beliefs are being fought for.  Otherwise, Lambeth will be nothing more than another, further hijacking of the Anglican Communion by the liberals.