Friday, January 02, 2009

FAQ: Aren’t the ACNA property canons designed for a congregational rather than catholic church?

http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/19179/

[Stand Firm] 2 Dec 2008--Over the course of the next few weeks I'll be posting some answers to commonly heard questions and objections with regard to the provisional Canons and Constitution of the ACNA. The most basic observation that applies to all posts in this series, is that both the Constitution and the collection of Canons remain “provisional”....meaning that while they have been adopted by the Common Cause Council they are not yet the “official” founding documents of the new province. The first Provincial Assembly of the new province must first ratify both documents before they take on official status. This “provisional” status is especially true with regard to the Canons which are not only “provisional” but are also incomplete. Many objections that have already been raised by observers and commenters will no doubt be addressed when a fuller collection of canons is published and ratified. Finally, these "answers" represent merely my own thoughts and opinions and should not in any way be construed as "official" answers.

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