Day: February 12, 2008

But should not a society of clergymen, for example an ecclesiastical synod … be entitled to commit itself by oath to a certain unalterable set of doctrines, in order to secure for a time a constant guardianship over each of its members…? I reply that this is quite impossible. … One age cannot enter into an alliance on oath to put the next age in a position where it would be impossible for it to extend and correct its knowledge…

The Archbishop of Canterbury commented: “I am deeply grateful to thosewho have accepted the invitation to carry forward the important work in our Communion’s life that I indicated in my Advent Letter. This is a demanding assignment. I trust they can count on our prayers throughout the Communion as they bring their combined wisdom and attentiveness to the strengthening of our common life through the Windsor Process.”