In spite of all that I have written, it seems to me that schism in the Anglican Communion is not a fact. I would argue that it has not actually taken place. The Anglican Communion is still “teetering on the brink,” still “looking over the precipice,” but it hasn’t jumped. I base this conclusion — journalists are trained from the cradle to start not end stories with their conclusions — on all there is to base it on, the “instruments” of the Communion.