CANADA: Anglican Theological Commission clarifies provenance of same-sex blessings resolutions
March 28, 2007

[Anglican Church of Canada] The Primate's Theological Commission, a group appointed by the Anglican Church of Canada's Primate to consult on theological matters, has released a clarification concerning resolutions on the blessing of same-gender unions approved in early March by the church's governing council.

The resolutions, approved by the Council of General Synod for the consideration of the church's General Synod in the summer of 2007, have been described as dealing with The St. Michael Report. But in fact only one of them does, the commission says in its statement.

The St. Michael Report was produced by the theological commission as a result of the Anglican Primate, on direction from the General Synod, seeking its opinion on whether or not the blessing of same-gender unions is a matter of doctrine. The commission, chaired by Bishop Victoria Matthews of Edmonton, concluded in its report released in 2005 "that the blessing of same-sex unions is a matter of doctrine but is not core doctrine in the sense of being credal." the rest