Statement on ACC-14
Written by: The Anglican Communion Institute, Inc.
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
ACI is posting today two pieces about the recently concluded meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council. The first, “ACC-14: Did the Members Know What They Were Voting On?” shows that there is insufficient evidence to conclude that a majority of the Council members intended any result other than to approve the Ridley Cambridge text of the Anglican Communion Covenant in its entirety, including Section 4. The second, “ACC-14: Did the Clauses on Section 4 Ever Pass?” shows that the controversial “Trisk amendment” purporting to open Section 4 of the Covenant to further consideration and “possible revision” was never actually passed by ACC-14. Taken together, these pieces raise significant questions about the way the votes at ACC-14 were interpreted by ACC officials.
These analyses are based in part on a transcript of the video posted by Anglican TV of substantial portions of the May 8 session of ACC-14 at which the Anglican Communion Covenant was considered. (http://anglicantv.org/blog/1, seen here in PDF) This transcript has been prepared by someone unaffiliated with ACI and may be seen here in pdf format. We have also reviewed the video posted by Anglican TV and believe that this transcript is a substantially accurate record of the Anglican TV video.
May 28 2009 11:06 am | Articles