AUCKLAND, NZ: Provinces must face hard facts about Anglican Covenant
AUCKLAND, NZ: Provinces must face hard facts about Anglican Covenant
"There are two Covenants, one in people's heads, the other on paper," says Bishop Victoria Matthews
By David W. Virtue in Auckland
www.virtueonline.org
October 31, 2012 (local time)
A Covenant designed to hold the Anglican Communion together is meeting with resistance from orthodox provinces who don't believe that Section IV will be implemented as a disciplinary measure aimed at more liberal provinces that violate the Covenant's demands.
Christchurch Bishop Victoria Matthews told delegates to the ACC-15 meeting in Holy Trinity Cathedral that Anglicans must face the hard facts about the covenant and asked, "Will it keep us together safely?"
"I have often thought that the document people discuss and the actual Anglican covenant are two different documents. The document under discussion is unrecognizable as the Anglican Covenant."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
"There are two Covenants, one in people's heads, the other on paper," says Bishop Victoria Matthews
By David W. Virtue in Auckland
www.virtueonline.org
October 31, 2012 (local time)
A Covenant designed to hold the Anglican Communion together is meeting with resistance from orthodox provinces who don't believe that Section IV will be implemented as a disciplinary measure aimed at more liberal provinces that violate the Covenant's demands.Christchurch Bishop Victoria Matthews told delegates to the ACC-15 meeting in Holy Trinity Cathedral that Anglicans must face the hard facts about the covenant and asked, "Will it keep us together safely?"
"I have often thought that the document people discuss and the actual Anglican covenant are two different documents. The document under discussion is unrecognizable as the Anglican Covenant."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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