As an Episcopalian I'm in favor of withdrawl from the Anglican Communion. They ABC is a marshmellow, a person of no backbone or character. And I certainly don't respect his decison to offend TEC or the church in New Hampshire and their 'legitimate' and 'confirmed' bishop of the church. Mins was just appointed by Akinola to run his sham church in the US.

Jesse Eschevarria, Tampa , FL

Ms. Gledhill,

I read your columns with great interest.
In this case, I take issue with the following:
"But Dr Rowan Williams, once a proponent of liberal Catholicism of the kind preached by Bishop Robinson, had little choice."

I know of no other writer who has offered the opinion that Dr. Williams's writings, at any time in his career as a theologian, even remotely resembled those of Bishop Robinson's. There is indeed very good reason for this: neither in content nor in quality are they comparable; the former deeply informed by the very tradition of catholic thought from the Fathers of the Church to the present, the latter a kind of liberal personalism with little reference to tradition. I need not elaborate on the question of logical coherence or level of complexity in the two, Dr Williams' writings so far outdistancing those of Bishop Robinson that, as the latter might put it, they are just not in the same ball park.

James Meredith Day+, Brussels & Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

What a contrast. +Nigeria is invited but +New Hampshire is not! What is going on in the church in New Hampshire versus what is going on in the chuch in Nigeria shows that +Canterbury has left the wrong name off the list. +New Hampshire is duly elected and consecrated and if he doesnt sit, then now one from TEC should. The sins and opression happening in Nigeria with the consent of the archbishop there is well known, yet he is invited. +Canterbury has made a wrong choice. He has time to correct it.

Willard Tice, Oklahoma City, USA

The members of our little parish in Knoxville, Tennessee (U.S.) invite all to Christ's Table. We seem to have a clearer understanding of "all" than Dr. Williams. God's Peace be with ALL of you, wherever you are and whatever your views.

Barbara Mott, Knoxville, TN (U.S.)

I do not like lumping Robinson and Minns together; the one is a legitimate member of the church, the other is an imposter. Williams knows this. The evangelical threat to boycott make be countered by the ECUSA threat to do the same. The ethical issue boils down to who has the louder voice.

Harold Macdonald, MATLOCK, Canada, Manitoba

How wonderful it is to read anfd hear about the church, and the tolerance and selfless unforgivings that one must practice.....

And then to see the reality is very different...

Despicable hypocrites.

F.S.SUMMERS, London,

Sadly, yet another leader trys to identify the mythical "center" that avoids the heart of a truly moral decision. "Because I said so" is not a legitimate solution to the crisis at hand. It is not the controversy that is damaging here, but the unwillingness to provide leadership that will take the communion into this century. Nigeria may bring 17 million voices into the discussion, but there is a difference between a majority and a mob.

The Archbishop faces a challenge that has not faced the church since the end of slavery. He must decide which century will determine the future of the communion.

Danielle Donvoan, Encinitas, California, USA

This is unfortunate, but the American church made its decision, now it has to live with the consequences.

Fred Goodwin, San Antonio, USA / TX