7 responses to “Remember the Anglican Covenant?”

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   chris

   24/02/2012

   A timely post, with diocesan synod coming up. May well print out. (There is virtually no signal for online devices to be used usefully in the Highland Gathering Halls in Oban. Who knew?)

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2. Thinking Anglicans

   24/02/2012

   Anglican Covenant: reports and reactions…

   The Church Times reports this week on the progress of voting in English dioceses on the Anglican Covenant: Covenant tastes defeat in diocesan voting. ALMOST a quarter of C of E dioceses have now voted against the Anglican Covenant. It……

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   Susan Sheppard Hedges

   25/02/2012

   “. . .if there is any truth in that thesis, its days are numbered. . .”
   As we say in my home state, ‘your lips to God’s ears.’

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   Jonathan Clatworthy

   25/02/2012

   Excellent post Kelvin.
   If the Covenant does get rejected in England, we’ll certainly need a period of time asking ourselves what really went wrong and how we could do things better. And Scotland will be well placed to set the ball rolling.

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      kelvin

      25/02/2012

      Thanks Jonathan – and thanks for your article on alternatives to the Covenant which we are looking at next week at our Diocesan Synod next week to balance the stuff from the Anglican Communion Office.

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5. 

   Paul Bagshaw

   25/02/2012

   “Some have worried that we might be the first province to declare ourselves out of sorts with the Anglican Covenant.”

   They need not worry. The Philippines have already voted against it.

   It also seems probable that New Zealand will vote against.

   The Irish voted for it but with the caveat that it would not supplant the existing governing documents – though it’s not clear whether they would be able to sustain this.

   Source: http://noanglicancovenant.org/background.html#cofe

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6. 

   Alan T Perry

   25/02/2012

   Thanks for this, Kelvin!

   What really amazes me is that the Covenant has done so well with virtually no attempt to put forward an argument (with reference to the actual text) as to why it is an unalloyed Good Thing. Proponents claim it will save the Communion without explaining just how it will do that. Those voting for it are voting for a black box.

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