Bishop Duncan on Women's Ordination (and changing Anglican Tradition)
"My own support for women in holy orders is well known. Global Anglicanism has said that there are, in fact “two integrities” here, both arguable from Holy Scripture, and – to employ Hooker’s method — less so from Tradition. I am convinced that an honest century of reception will sort this one out. I am also persuaded that our God has challenged us to deal with this issue, either because He does intend to bless this new understanding or because He has it in mind that we Anglicans will best find ourselves again in the institutional and relational charity it will require of us as a dynamic and faithful Anglicanism re-emerges."
Bishop Robert Duncan, Nashotah House on October 25, 2006
In response:
"In practice Reception works as a means of advancing the ordination of women without the theological controversy that such an innovation would normally cause. In 100 years, if there is still an Anglican Communion, it will be long past the process of reception, for women as priests and bishops will be universally accepted—and in part because the so-called process of Reception has provided the cover for the advancement of this innovatory ministry. Where can you find anyone who really believes that the process of reception can possible lead to the abandonment of the ordaining of women? The doctrine is designed to lead to one conclusion even though its vocabulary and rhetoric suggest otherwise."
Dr Peter Toon
This process appears to be a founding principle of ACNA; I suspect part of why smaller traditional sorts are pushed out piece be piece. It also accounts for what has happened in the CoE over the last 15+ years. ACNA as a Latitudinarian entity has troubles ahead; if the Evangelicals and the traditional Anglo-Catholics joined, there is great potential (Low/High Church cooperation!).
ACNA College of Bishops (emphasis added)
Having gratefully received and thoroughly considered the five-year study by the Theological Task Force on Holy Orders, we acknowledge that there are differing principles of ecclesiology and hermeneutics that are acceptable within Anglicanism that may lead to divergent conclusions regarding women’s ordination to the priesthood. However, we also acknowledge that this practice is a recent innovation to Apostolic Tradition and Catholic Order. We agree that there is insufficient scriptural warrant to accept women’s ordination to the priesthood as standard practice throughout the Province. However, we continue to acknowledge that individual dioceses have constitutional authority to ordain women to the priesthood.
COLLEGE OF BISHOPS STATEMENT ON THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN, Sep 8, 2017