Ugandan
archbishop jumps on anti-Episcopal bandwagon

Uganda archbishop Henry Luke Orombi contributed to the August-September issue of the Anglican journal First Things with the prediction that "the younger churches of Anglican Christianity will shape what it means to be Anglican," pulling the church out of what he calls a global crisis. Until then, he says, he will refuse to share the floor of the upcoming Lambeth Conference with more liberal factions of the Anglican Communion.

Orombi levels criticism at the Episcopal Church USA, the American branch of Anglicanism, expressing his disagreement with its more liberal interpretation of Scripture. He is especially critical of the U.S. church's acceptance of LGBT people. "The insistence from some Anglican circles (mostly in the Western world) on esoteric interpretations of Scripture borders on incipient Gnosticism that has no place in historic or global Anglicanism," he writes in the journal.

He continues, expressing the his belief that marriage is the union of one man and one woman only. And while Orombi does not foresee the dissolution of the Anglican Communion, he expresses the need for the Episcopal Church to abandon its liberal, "esoteric" policies. And he says he will see to this end through acquiescence or force. (The Advocate)