Abp Gosselin went on to say that leadership as a Bishop in the Church requires contending "earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints," and as such demands that we do not abandon either the clear teaching of the Holy Scriptures or the historic interpretation that has been delivered by the Apostles through Christ's faithful Bishops throughout Church history.

The Church of England will be out of step with the majority of the Anglican Communion, the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Churches united with Constantinople, and the many Orthodox Churches of the Middle East... it will be out of step with the Bible. .....the step ...is a shift away from the foundational roots of the scriptures. I urge the bishops to think again ....before they return in July.

For the moment we would commend to you as members of the EFAC Global family this declaration:

We declare that the Church of England, in making this change, has departed from the faith which is revealed in the holy scriptures and set forth in the catholic creeds to which the historic formularies of the Church of England bear witness.

I have participated in good faith in the process, trusting that this was an opportunity for people across the Church to work together to try to find a way forward that was "founded in scripture, in reason, in tradition, in theology and the Christian faith as the Church of England has received it", as the Archbishop of Canterbury put it when launching the project in 2017.

SIMPLY TO STATE THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION IS NOT AN ACT OF DISCERNMENT