With some leaders of the Anglican Communion accusing others of not being "Christian," and others charging their opponents of being "un-Anglican" fundamentalists in response, the stakes were high when Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby issued a press release on 16 September, inviting the 37 Primates of the Communion - along with the Primate of the Anglican Church of North America - to a gathering in January 2016.
The flurry of responses to this announcement illustrates the depth of disagreement and disunity within the Anglican Communion. Two things in particular stand out.
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