(Church Times) Challenges remain, Primate warns, after dioceses block Anglican Covenant
The Archbishop of Canterbury warned this week that challenges in the Anglican Communion “will not go away”. Dr Williams was speaking after a majority of diocesan synods rejected the Anglican Covenant.
Last weekend, three more diocesan synods — Lincoln, Oxford, and Guildford — voted against the Covenant. Three others — Blackburn, Exeter, and Peterborough — endorsed it. This brought the total number of diocesan synods in favour of the Covenant to 15, and the total number against to 23.
Since a majority of dioceses have voted against, it will not return to the General Synod during this quinquennium (2011-15).
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Last weekend, three more diocesan synods — Lincoln, Oxford, and Guildford — voted against the Covenant. Three others — Blackburn, Exeter, and Peterborough — endorsed it. This brought the total number of diocesan synods in favour of the Covenant to 15, and the total number against to 23.
Since a majority of dioceses have voted against, it will not return to the General Synod during this quinquennium (2011-15).
Read it all.
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