Anglican Covenant Could Be Operative By May 2009
September 17, 2008
Adoption of the proposed Anglican Covenant could be completed much sooner than the 10-year time frame mentioned frequently during the Lambeth Conference, according to one of the two Covenant Design Group members from The Episcopal Church.
Basing on submissions received from bishops attending the Lambeth Conference, the Rev. Ephraim Radner predicted that only a small minority of provinces would fail to approve the Covenant. Prof. Radner, who teaches historical theology at Wycliffe College in Toronto, said the Covenant Design Group is scheduled to disband after holding a second meeting sometime after the first of the year. From there, the Covenant is scheduled to be considered by the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), which meets next May in Jamaica.
Prof. Radner told The Living Church it is not clear whether the ACC would be asked to hold an up-or-down vote on the final language drafted by the Covenant Design Group or whether they would be encouraged to propose amendments before a vote. the rest
posted by Pat Dague @ 9:15 PM
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See also the important essay by Drs Phil Turner and Chris Seitz, here. In particular, they are concerned that a the TEO will have undue influence on the final form of the covenant, detoothing the final form. I am actually more concerned that the final form of the covenant will be a source of division of the orthodox. I think the present "St Andrews draft" would do this. It places Rowan homosexual - relations - can - be - equivalent - to - Christian - marriage Williams as the be all, end all of Anglicanism - no longer primum inter pares.
Ephraim+ has decried the term "moral equivalency" with regards to "border crossing" and sanctification of homosexuality. Of course, it is the liberals who are trying to establish this (including Rowan when he called for his three moratoria) and the orthodox who are denying it. Call it "parity" rather than "moral equivalency" - I don't really care. I see the final draft of the covenant as establishing parity between these issues and dividing the orthodox between the givers of alternative oversight (Nigeria, Uganda, etc) and the non-givers.
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