“Excitement and panic at the Lambeth Conference this morning as news leaks of a proposed “Anglican Communion Faith and Order Commission” that liberals claim will be little short of an Inquisition.

The “Windsor Continuation Group”, charged with coming up with new structures for the collapsing Anglican Communion, wants the new commission to “give guidance” on church disputes, based on a blueprint of Canon Law.

American and Canadian liberals are apoplectic, reckoning that the new body will serve as a Roman-style Holy Office with the authority to discipline them. African evangelicals, in contrast, are thrilled, because the new commission could well end up being dominated by conservatives who support the Gafcon agenda.

Meanwhile, I gather that conservatives at Lambeth have hijacked the Indaba groups, putting bishops on the spot over the binding anti-gay resolution from the last Lambeth Comference. That’s not the Indaba spirit, lads!

And, to complete the picture, I gather that Rowan is getting ready to present the whole fiasco as a triumph for unity. I can’t wait.”