Covenant would change how to select ABC
June 10, 2008
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The Bishop of Cork in the Church of Ireland says new proposals designed to prevent the Anglican Communion falling apart will necessitate changes in the
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Schism cannot be normative
June 9, 2008
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The Anglican Journal reports that Bishop Michael Ingham, of the Vancouver-based diocese of New Westminster, has written to five members of the clergy who resigned from the Anglican Church of Canada that they may not exercise ministry at their churches, are considered to be trespassing if they are on the property and may not remove anything, including books.
Another look at the appendix of the Covenant
June 9, 2008
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If the issue that presents itself to the Archbishop of Canterbury and his team of Assessors is serious enough to require action, it seems obvious to me that the issue will require careful and deliberative thought, inviting participation from as many members of the Communion and all orders of ministry as possible. Such a process is going to take a great deal of time. Given that, are the suggested deadlines of the Appendix realistic? If not, why then should they be specified?
Covenant Week at the Café
June 6, 2008
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Over this past week, we’ve been running articles written by different deputies to this coming General Convention about the proposed Anglican Covenant that is to be part of the discussion at the coming Lambeth Conference and, most likely, the next General Convention. We’ve collected all the links into a single post for your convenience.
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The future: Process without promise
June 6, 2008
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I have little doubt that the covenant will be accompanied by some means of addressing membership and issues of inclusion and exclusion. The stunning failure of past drafts to produce a widely acceptable section or appendix on canonical provisions concerning inclusion or exclusion does not mean that that effort will not go on or that it will not be part of the final product.
Nicely done, Bishop Smith
June 5, 2008
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Bishop Michael Smith writes to his diocese: I am pleased to announce that Bishop Carol Gallagher has accepted my invitation to assist in providing episcopal pastoral care in the Diocese of North Dakota. She has agreed to reach out especially to congregations and clergy who feel alienated and hurt by me due to different understandings of human sexuality.
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The Appendix: Devil and details
June 5, 2008
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From a lawyer’s point of view especially, the procedures in the Appendix to the Covenant for resolving disagreements raise very serious issues about the real purpose of the procedures, whether the procedures are “fair,” and whether they would be workable and appropriate in light of the polity and governance structure of The Episcopal Church.
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Section Three: Birthrights and pottage
June 4, 2008
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What is being put forth in this section, is that the Provinces of the Communion submit to the authority of the instruments of the Communion. In other words the Episcopal Church, which has existed for the past 200 plus years as an independent church with historic ties and bonds of affection to the other parts of the Communion, would become instead an organic but subsidiary part of a centralized Anglican Communion.
Bishops of Central Africa message on Zimbabwe
June 3, 2008
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We are alarmed that a government can perpetrate irresponsible acts against its citizens by destroying people’s homes, torturing and killing for the simple reason that they did not vote “correctly”.
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Section Two: Common ground
June 3, 2008
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That consistency, especially on mission, raised an interesting thought or me: what if we were to consider this by itself as the content of an Anglican Covenant? What if Section 2 were what we considered – and all we considered? I realize I’m not the only person who has had a similar thought; but I also think it’s worth consideration.
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