Analysis: The Abuja “Contradiction” That Isn’t

Posted on May 13, 2026 
Filed under Anglican Communion, GAFCON, Opinion

We didn’t link to the article by Jay Thomas at First Things yesterday, it didn’t seem profitable.

However, if you happen to have read it, George Conger at Anglican Ink has published a very clear and helpful rebuttal.

“Jay Thomas’s recent First Things essay ‘Anglicans and the Abuja Contradiction’ purports to expose fatal logical flaws in GAFCON’s Jerusalem Declaration.

In reality, it reveals something far more interesting: how easily appeals to ‘Anglican tradition’ can mask fundamentally un-Anglican premises. Thomas’s argument doesn’t just fail—it fails instructively, demonstrating precisely why orthodox Anglicans found GAFCON necessary in the first place.

Thomas’s thesis is straightforward: GAFCON stands guilty of rank hypocrisy.…”

– Read George’s response here.

Related:

The Thirty Nine Articles.

The Jerusalem Declaration.

Photo: G26 at Abuja, via SydneyAnglicans.net.