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This move effectively codifies a split — GAFCON provinces are asserting their independence and declaring themselves to be the true representatives of Anglican faithfulness. They openly state that they are no longer in communion with the Canterbury-based Anglican Communion and will govern themselves according to their doctrinal standards.
The Implications of the Split
This historic declaration not only reorganizes the structure of global Anglicanism but also signifies a fundamental doctrinal and ecclesiological divergence. The once-unified Anglican universe is now officially bifurcated.
The consequences are profound: