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Humpty Dumpty was right

Last week you observed that the meaning of the word 'Anglican' has eroded in the USA. This article in Catholic Culture shows that it doesn't mean anything in Australia, either. Either the writer or the Roman Catholic archbishop being written about does not understand that the Traditional Anglican Communion is not the Anglican Communion. Or perhaps they know, but don't care, thinking that if you're not a Roman Catholic then the nuances of your denomination don't matter.

Julian P. Windsor
St Margaret
Dayton, Ohio, USA
6 November 2011

(Editor: never forget:

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's all.'

From Through the Looking Glass, Chapter 6, by Lewis Carroll )

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