The Anglican Mission in the Third Millennium

Anglicanism is at times beautiful and rich, wicked and nonsensical, funny and sad:

Some years ago, in conversation with a prominent Anglican bishop in Britain, I asked how he would define the mission of the Church of England. After a pause for thought, he said, “I suppose I would say that the mission, so to speak, is to maintain the religious option for those who might be interested.” Needless to say, those who control the commanding heights of British culture do not feel threatened by that understanding of the Christian mission.

—Richard John Neuhaus, FIRST THINGS: On the Square