tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post8164200979825025629..comments2023-09-13T13:47:47.106+01:00Comments on The Changing Attitude Blog: Covenant anxieties expressed in first ACC PlenaryAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163737925142519555noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-11056390110756118442009-05-05T20:57:00.000+01:002009-05-05T20:57:00.000+01:00Colin,
It would be a great service if you could p...Colin,<br /><br />It would be a great service if you could post "the Draft Resolution on the Covenant prepared by the Joint Standing Committee last week." <br /><br />In particular about: "The fifth point of the draft resolution “requests ... member Churches to respond to the Secretary General by 2014 on the progress made in the process of adoption and response to the Covenant text.”" Is there anything in the resolution that says the covenant is only for provinces? Or that for now only provinces would be requested, but other would not be permitted?<br /><br />As to what is more important, I concur with Dennis and Tobias above -- especially given what Cameron said in the same session according to AJ: <I>Another ACC delegate asked what would happen to member churches who choose not to sign on to the covenant. Bishop Gregory Cameron, deputy secretary general of the Anglican Communion, said the Covenant Design Group had “wrestled hard” on this matter but felt that “we’re still entering a period of transition.” He said that it remained to be seen how many would adopt it. He said “at the moment, there is no linkage” between adoption of the covenant and participating in the life and activities of the communion. He said that if 15 or 20 member churches approve the covenant “it might move quite quickly and give it more gravity…”</I>http://www.anglicanjournal.com/100/article/non-approval-of-proposed-covenant-could-make-or-break-anglican-communion-warns-design-group-chair/?cHash=f6b390d4c8John B. Chiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208312356775869565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-52754658090391830752009-05-04T23:17:00.000+01:002009-05-04T23:17:00.000+01:00Thank you, Dennis. My question precisely. It seems...Thank you, Dennis. My question precisely. It seems to me that the communion anxieties are all about finding a simple solution to a complex problem, and the Covenant is what has been fixated upon. It may, for those who sign it, keep change at bay. But it will not bring life or recovery.Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443447842611499359.post-42988862816427762032009-05-04T23:04:00.000+01:002009-05-04T23:04:00.000+01:00why is it taken as a starting assumption that ther...why is it taken as a starting assumption that there has to be a covenant?Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01945343859290558131noreply@blogger.com