The heart of Tudor Protestantism was not right doctrine but right desire. Undoubtedly, Cranmer and his fellow English Reformers thought the two were closely connected. Truth about God would draw humanity homeward. Right desire could only be formed by right knowledge of both God and fallen human nature. Nevertheless, saving truth by itself was insufficient to move a self-centered humanity to return to the Creator through repentance and amendment of life.

In this short paper I shall argue that the claim that the GSFA are illegitimately weaponising the Eucharist in this way is misplaced. The reason I say this is that, as someone who was engaged in Faith and Order work for the Church of England for a decade and a half, I can say with absolute confidence that what GFSA are proposing is in strict accordance with established Anglican ecclesiology and Catholic ecclesiology more widely.

When the convener strongly upholds and stands firm in the authority of Holy Scripture and the traditional Anglican formularies (the Thirty-nine Articles, two books of Homilies, and the 1662 Book of Common Prayer) he deserves our attention and full respect, but otherwise Canterbury has the authority of a donut vendor on Lambeth Avenue.

It is also clear that the ACNA began otherwise. Bob Duncan's announcement that "Anglicanism is neither papal, nor confessional, it is rather apostolic and conciliar" ("Anglicanism Come of Age") is a way of saying "We believe the Bible, and we find our identity in partnership with those who don't follow Lambeth and intensely despise what the Episcopal Church stands for" - the AMiA, Forward in Faith, REC, etc. are in this together (Common Cause).