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Communion And Hierarchy

Mark Harris, member of the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church (TEC) and writer of the blog PRELUDIUM is a perceptive and thoughtful commentator on the current scene within both TEC and the Anglican Communion.  In two pieces, "The days ahead in the land of the dissatisfied: South Carolina, Albany, and points west" and "The Archbishop blows his ecclesial horn: the last trumpet has sounded," he comments on the just published statement of the Archbishop of Canterbury concerning the recent actions of General Convention.  He makes a number of observations and comments, some more accu

Resolutions and the Windsor Moratoria

At its recently concluded General Convention, The Episcopal Church passed resolutions that are widely regarded as repudiations of prior commitments to the Windsor moratoria that have been officially implemented by the Anglican Communion. Apparently reacting to the swift denunciation of these actions by many in the Communion, various constituencies in TEC are now scrambling to re-interpret General Convention's actions. ENS withdrew and revised its story about a key vote and Convention participants have produced wildly inconsistent, if equally far-fetched, interpretations of what took place.

Statement on the Repudiation of B033

We deeply regret yesterday's decision by the House of Bishops to repudiate the Anglican Communion's moratorium on the consecration of bishops living in homosexual relationships. As recently as May of this year, the Anglican Consultative Council officially affirmed the "implementation" in the Communion of the moratoria called for by the Windsor Report, including the moratorium rejected yesterday by the House of Bishops.

ACC-14: Did the Members Know What They Were Voting On?

A transcript of the proceedings at ACC-14 on May 8, 2009, when the Council voted in conflicting ways on key votes, raises the important question of how many of its members, including officers and proponents of key amendments, understood what they were actually voting on when they narrowly passed an amendment intended to open Section 4 of the Anglican Communion Covenant to "possible revision." The source of the confusion arose from multiple attempts by a minority of members generally opposed to the covenant to derail Section 4, a key section.

ACI Statement on the Anglican Consultative Council

Friday's session of the Anglican Consultative Council is an embarrassment to Anglicans everywhere, and a sad display of procedural confusion. Members were given complex resolutions right before the vote without sufficient time to study them and understand their consequences. Resolutions that had been distributed earlier were replaced by resolutions drafted by a committee largely composed of members from provinces known to be opposed to the Ridley Cambridge Draft.

Statement from the Anglican Communion Institute

The Rev'd Mr Harris has released via his blog confidential emails not addressed to him. We assume him to be a man of civility and honor, in view of his role as a member of the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church. The Anglican Communion Institute has long been on record as supportive of the Anglican Communion, the Covenant process, and the flourishing of the Episcopal Church and the defense of its Constitution.
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