The Present form of the Anglican Covenant is too weak for the orthodox...
The Present form of the Anglican Covenant is too weak for the orthodox and too strong for the revisionists
By John H. Rodgers
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
November 11, 2010
It seems to me that the Covenant should be seen to be precisely what the Archbishop of Canterbury has said it is not, a binding commitment to mutual mission and encouragement, to a process of adjudicating differences that threaten to be Communion- breaking, and to a confessional standard of Doctrine to which all who sign are committed and to which they can be held accountable.
It would strengthen the present form of the Covenant if it were adjusted in two specific ways: first, if the Primates were the body that were to oversee compliance and not the Standing Committee, a committee with no historic standing in the Communion. And, second, it would be strengthened were the Jerusalem Declaration added to the standard of Faith to which all signers were committed and held accountable.
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By John H. Rodgers
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
November 11, 2010
It seems to me that the Covenant should be seen to be precisely what the Archbishop of Canterbury has said it is not, a binding commitment to mutual mission and encouragement, to a process of adjudicating differences that threaten to be Communion- breaking, and to a confessional standard of Doctrine to which all who sign are committed and to which they can be held accountable.
It would strengthen the present form of the Covenant if it were adjusted in two specific ways: first, if the Primates were the body that were to oversee compliance and not the Standing Committee, a committee with no historic standing in the Communion. And, second, it would be strengthened were the Jerusalem Declaration added to the standard of Faith to which all signers were committed and held accountable.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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