Episcopal Church to be Banned?

From an article in today's [UK] Telegraph:

A delegation of American bishops flew into London yesterday for talks with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, following reports that they are to be severely disciplined by the worldwide Anglican Church. The liberal bishops have been dismayed by suggestions that they could be barred by Dr Williams from Anglican summits as punishment for backing Anglicanism's first actively gay bishop last year.

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Bishop Griswold is also understood to have brought forward a trip to London. The bishop, who faces the humiliating prospect of being barred from the annual primates meetings, the highest Anglican council, was due to fly to Britain on Friday but will now leave the US today.

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[O]ther sources confirmed that the [American] bishops were determined to express their anger over suggestions that the Episcopal Church could face sanctions for defying the majority over homosexuality.

DISCUSSION QUESTION: If you belong to the (U.S.) Episcopal Church, do you regard yourself primarily as an Episcopalian, or as an Anglican? Why?

Comments

[Pontificator]

Since I came into the Episcopal Church almost thirty years ago, I have always understood myself as being first and foremost a cathoilic Christian. Then Anglican. Then an Episcopalian. I've never had any desire to be part of a Protestant sect.

[Eugene Siasl]

Having begun my Christian sojourn in the Episcopal Church I have grown up to master Episcopal-ese (Episcopese), passed through the Inklings and towards a progressively universal Christianity, perhaps, however, still relatively unappreciating of the Anglican aspect of universality. I prefer to consider a Christian destination to be sufficient. That of course must be ultimately catholic, but that term carries such conflicting freight that I don't wave it exclusively apart from other freighted terms like universal.

[John Wilkins]

Generally an "anglican" in part because "Episcopalian" has too many syllables.

[David Huff]

I'm an Episcopalian, a member of the ECUSA - a church with an Anglican history & tradition. But no, I'm not "Anglican" in the sense I think you mean here (i.e. I'm not a member of the Church of England). I respect and admire the history of our church through the American Revolution and how we came to be "Episcopalians."

[Robert Burn]

The Episcopal Church of the USA is in the main an apostate Church along with many parts of the Anglican Communion. My suggestion is to join the Anglican Church in America, which is part of the Traditional Anglican Communion. By doing this you will be maintaining the Anglican expression of the Catholic Faith.