Thursday, February 07, 2008

CHURCH TIMES: Disputed parts of Anglican Covenant redrafted
Pat Ashworth reports on the changes

8 February, 2008

THE design group in charge of steering the Anglican Covenant through its various stages has produced a new draft, the St Andrew’s Draft, in the light of suggestions by provinces.

The group, which met in London last week, has outlined a possible disciplinary process for provinces that any other province deems to have threatened the unity of the Communion (details below).

Just 13 of the 34 Anglican provinces submitted a formal response to the first draft of the Anglican Covenant (the Nassau Draft), something that the Covenant Design Group (CDG) suggests might be attributed to “lack of translation” or indeed “other foci in the life of Provinces”.

The St Andrew’s Draft, produced at a meeting last week in St Andrew’s House, London (the Anglican Communion Office in Westbourne Park), defends the Covenant as “a basis for mutual trust and reduced anxiety” at a time of fragmentation.
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Second Anglican Covenant draft receives mixed response

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