Comments on: ‘A mirror for the life of our church’: The history and role of the primacy https://anglicanjournal.com/a-mirror-for-the-life-of-our-church-the-history-and-role-of-the-primacy/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:33:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Curt Gesch https://anglicanjournal.com/a-mirror-for-the-life-of-our-church-the-history-and-role-of-the-primacy/#comment-15868 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:33:33 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=158733#comment-15868 Since the time of Ted Scott, when I first began my involvement with the Anglican Church, I have been appreciative of the primates and their function in pastoral ministry.

I wonder about this statement: “The primate is considered the first among equals of the bishops and metropolitans across Canada.” Are the bishops and metropolitans also Primus inter pares to priests, canons, warden, and just “ordinary” Christians? I find it interesting that in marriage the “obey” is no longer in such common use, including in Anglican weddings I have witnessed. I wonder if we applied Primus inter pares to the role of husband in a marriage if that would be as widely accepted in Canadian Anglican thought as it is in some other religious/denominational groups.

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