ABSTRACT
Jensen's election as archbishop had symbolized the triumph of the radical conservative teaching of Broughton Knox, and its key elements were being swiftly and zealously implemented. The aborted sixteenth-century Puritan reformation was being reborn, this time as a lusty infant rapidly growing to full-strength Calvinism. St Andrew's Cathedral was in the hands of an even more radical Jensen. The strategy to increase dramatically the diocese's already substantial financial resources was paying off. Sydney was being seen by elated conservative Evangelicals around the world as an alternative Canterbury. The national church might have survived intact, but only just. The wash up of decades of radicalism has left a trail of damage in the Anglican Church of Australia. The 23 dioceses no longer share a prayer book, ministry patterns, or genuinely shared financial responsibilities. 'Independent' churches affiliated with Sydney Diocese have intruded into other dioceses, compromising diocesan autonomy.
