Monday, September 08, 2008

Tradtitionalists concerned over Covenant plans

http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=2699

[Religious Intelligence] 8 Sep 2008--The Proposed Anglican Covenant is already exciting debate ahead of the design group’s September meeting, as the Prayer Book Society stands up for the place of the Church of England in the Communion.

Singapore has been selected for the next meeting by the Covenant Design Group, encouraging a non-Canterbury-centric attitude. The last meeting was held in London in January, but included 12 representatives of Anglicanism from around the world who drew up a draft of the new Covenant which would provide a guide of Anglican orthodoxy as suggested in 2004’s Windsor Report.

This was offered for contemplation at the Lambeth Conference, but a letter from the Prayer Book Society notes: “At Lambeth the Bishops' thoughts were that the document, and I quote, 'needs to have a less Church of England basis, particularly in regard to the formularies'.”

This is repugnant to the society which defends the Formularies that include the 1662 Prayer Book, the Ordinal and the 39 Articles. The letter continues: “They represent the root of worldwide Anglicanism, and are still officially recognised in the majority of Anglican provinces -- not just the Church of England.”

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