The confusion of the last couple of days of how the proposed Anglican Covenant might be adopted is a direct consequence of the evolving situation in the ACC and the shared understanding of the Covenant in Jamaica right now.
Ruth Gledhill: “Basically, it is Anglican-speak for empowering the ‘instruments’ – the Primates, Lambeth and the ACC – to enforce discipline. So that paragraph, for all its acronyms and jargon, is the teeth of the thing. The question remains, will the provinces bite?”
Suzanne Lawson, a lay member of the Anglican Church of Canada delegation to the ACC meeting in Jamaica writes today that the ACC is beginning work on a now slightly tweaked version of the proposed Anglican Covenant.
More than 300 clergy from a variety of faith and denominations fanned out over Capitol Hill to preach a unified gay-rights message to members of Congress: Pass the hate crimes bill that would give sexual orientation and gender identity the same federal protection as race, and pass the employment non-discrimination bill that would protect gays
In yesterday’s Episcopal News Service story, Bishop Gregory Cameron, one of the architects of the proposed Anglican Covenant, made a few remarks that ought to raise concerns about whether the proposed Anglican Covenant is a classic bait and switch scheme.
Both the United States Supreme Court and California courts have held that in the case of hierarchical religious entities the civil courts must accept as binding and defer to decisions by religious tribunals with respect to religious doctrine, practice, faith, ecclesiastical rule, … as well as religious entity governance and administration.
We cannot emphasize enough how this exceptional man has quietly and consistently expanded our spiritual lives as a Christian community. So it is especially painful for us to watch while others malign him during this consent process. ~~vestry of St. Paul’s, Marquette
In today’s sessions, the Anglican Consultative Council began its work considering the latest draft of the proposed Covenant, and what action the Council might decide
St. James Anglican Church in Newport Beach is being sued by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles to recover the costs the diocese incurred in its successful suit to retain the building and money of a congregation that voted to leave the Episcopal Church.
UPDATED: 9 p.m. The Church of Uganda has attempted to seat the Rev. J. Philip Ashey, chief operating officer of the schismatic American Anglican Council,