up in this discussion. I write as an Anglican who cherishes the worldwide Communion and the friendly links that it has brought me to fellow Anglicans in many parts of the world, especially North America, the West Indies, Southern Africa, the Antipodes and the Far East, not forgetting, closer to home, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. I see myself as speaking from the mainstream of the Anglican tradition and as seeking to articulate a consensus on the Anglican understanding of the Church that will prove