A Self-Defining Moment for the Anglican Communion
Written by: Rev. Dr. Philip Turner
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
A Comment on the St. Andrew’s Draft of the Anglican Covenant
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A second iteration of a draft covenant for the
Anglican Communion (the St. Andrew’s Draft) is now circulating; and it
is likely that some version thereof will be presented to the Bishops of
the Communion when they meet in Canterbury this summer. At some point
after this gathering, a covenant proposal will be circulated among the
provinces of the Communion for ratification. There is no doubt that
most (though perhaps not all) of the member provinces of the Communion
will ratify a covenant within the next few years. The question is
really not so much ratification of the Covenant, but (1) the sort of
covenant that will be ratified; (2) the way in which the provinces of
the Communion comport themselves during the period leading up to
ratification; and (3) how the Communion might best respond to a
situation in which a province rejects the covenant but there are
dioceses and parishes within that province that do not.
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