The Anglican Covenant: To Sign or not to Sign, that is the question
The Anglican Covenant: To Sign or not to Sign, that is the question
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
November 9, 2010
By now it should be apparent to every thoughtful Anglican that the Anglican Covenant designed to hold the Communion together is in deep trouble.
Last July, Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori dismissed the Covenant as "cheap grace". More recently, two liberal (progressive) groups in the Church of England have poured cold water on it. Inclusive Church and Modern Church, joined together in late October to campaign against the covenant, which they say is "an attempt by some leaders of the Anglican Communion to subordinate national churches to a centralized international authority, with power to forbid developments when another province objects."
What in fact they object to is Section IV of the Covenant that calls for disciplinary action in the event that a province violates the Covenant.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
November 9, 2010
By now it should be apparent to every thoughtful Anglican that the Anglican Covenant designed to hold the Communion together is in deep trouble.Last July, Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori dismissed the Covenant as "cheap grace". More recently, two liberal (progressive) groups in the Church of England have poured cold water on it. Inclusive Church and Modern Church, joined together in late October to campaign against the covenant, which they say is "an attempt by some leaders of the Anglican Communion to subordinate national churches to a centralized international authority, with power to forbid developments when another province objects."
What in fact they object to is Section IV of the Covenant that calls for disciplinary action in the event that a province violates the Covenant.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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