Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Bishop Tom Wright reports that Rowan Williams has sent letters to bishops requesting that they consider "absenting themselves" from Lambeth

http://babybluecafe.blogspot.com/2008/04/bishop-tom-wright-reports-that-rowan.html

[BabyBlueOnline] 15 Apr 2008--It should not be thought that it is only the consecrators of Gene Robinson who are in view: there may be some less than enthusiastic supporters of the Windsor Report and Process among conservative bishops who have as a result crossed boundaries. Bishop Tom Wright reports that Rowan Williams has sent letters to bishops requesting that they consider "absenting themselves" from Lambeth Calling this the "most difficult and fraught moment," the Bishop of Durham, Tom Wright, in his talk to the Fulcrum Conference yesterday in London on "Conflict and Covenant in the Bible,"said that letters are now posted in the mail from the Archbishop of Canterbury to bishops who have been initially invited to Lambeth but who have been identified as not supporting the Windsor Report and the Covenant.

According to Bishop Wright, the letter is being sent to those whom Rowan Williams has identified as being "particularly unsympathetic to Windsor and the Covenant." Bishop Wright goes on to state that if these bishops are not ready to support Windsor and the Covenant, they should "absent themselves" from the Lambeth Conference.

I do not believe that Rowan Williams is going to disinvite the bishops of TEC. That is wishful thinking. He is more likely to disinvite the GAFCON bishops.

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