Friday, August 08, 2008

Lambeth Conference: An Anglican Communion Institute Perspective

http://anglicancommunioninstitute.com/content/view/157/1/

[The Anglican Communion Institute] 8 Aug 2008--Many developments will of course determine the next phases of our Communion life, measured against what has been undertaken in Kent. If individual Bishops press ahead with same-sex blessings, or consecrations of the sort in New Hampshire are forthcoming, as many anticipate, this will serve as a proxy within the US and Canada. It is crucial to have Lambeth and especially the Archbishop’s own clear statements against which to view the next developments.

Finally, we are not clear what the concept of a 'escrow' plan is and who it would be designed to support. It is also unclear what the Gafcon gathering and the call for a Council to consider a new province in the US actually entails. There was no discussion of this latter development at Lambeth. Perhaps this will be taken up at the next Primates Meeting, or in back channels leading up to that. Some associated with Gafcon describe it as a structure with its own integrity independent of the Instruments of Communion (hence, its own Council), whilst others speak of it as only a broad movement. It will be important to see these matters clarified.

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