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At the Bottom of http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/42/50/acns4253.cfm.
OK - for those who don’t want to wade through it, a quick summary of the discipline for TEC:
i) The House of Bishops of TEC needs to make a statement that all it’s members will unequivocally NOT authorise or allow any same-sex blessings in theit dioceses or TEC as a whole
ii) [...]
… and being discussed at Stand Firm. I’ve just got in from a PCC meeting so I’m reading it now and will give you my reaction on this post ASAP.
OK - Cursory reponse - Section 21 sinks the Sub-Group’s report. The Communique says that TEC are very VERY naughty. What is to be done will [...]
OK. Firstly, Lambeth ‘98 1.10 says:
2 - in view of the teaching of Scripture, upholds faithfulness in marriage between a man and a woman in lifelong union, and believes that abstinence is right for those who are not called to marriage;
4 - while rejecting homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture…
and the new [...]
Continue reading about Are TEC already non-Covenant compliant?
Read it at ACNS. We pointy-headed theology geeks are dissecting it as you speak.
OK - my initial reaction is that it all hinges on the interpretation of sections 6.5 and 6.6 of the Draft Covenant:
Each church commits itself…
to seek the guidance of the Instruments of Communion, where there are matters in serious dispute among churches [...]
As we wait nervously for news from Tanzania, I’ve uncovered the ACO love song to TEC…
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There’s a second one in case the first one didn’t quite touch the heart strings…
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Ruth has the scoop:
So far from being excluded from the Primates’ Meeting in Dar es Salaam, I can break the news that TEC Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has been elected onto the all-important policy-making Standing Committee. There will be much speculation about how this came about. It is obviously interesting to note that the [...]
Jonathan Petre is reporting that there may very well be a minority communique issued today from Tanzania.
Quick question. If the Primates issuing the minorty report represent two thirds of all worldwide Anglicans, how is that a “minority” report?
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If I were a photographer sent to Tanzania to get that all important “All the Primates together in one happy party” picture, I’d be getting increasingly worried. Sources close to the Primates are telling me that 9 Primates either weren’t present or didn’t communicate even though they were present. Perhaps, even though they were holding [...]
