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A GUIDE TO THE WINDSOR REPORT Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20041127163954/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org/ Commissioned by an International Gathering from around the Anglican Communion meeting at Oxford from October 19-21 2004 and offered as a summary and discussion document on the Windsor Report Authored by Rev Dr`Andrew Goddard, Canon Dr Chris Sugden and Rev Dr Peter Walker. The Report’s Aims & Limits The Mandate of the Commission set by the Archbishop of Canterbury is vital and clearly prevented the Commission addressing a number of issues. It was asked to examine and...
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A Statement from the Oxford Gathering by an International Group of 42 Archbishops, Bishops, Senior Clergy, Theologians and Lay Leaders (Oct 21, 2004) Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20041028074512/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org/ Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are an international group of 42 archbishops, bishops, senior clergy, theologians and lay leaders from Africa, Asia, Canada, the United States, Latin America and England who met October 19-21, 2004 to study, pray and respond to the Windsor Report. We welcome positive points in the Report, especially...
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DRAWING THE LINE DRAWING THE LINE Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20041009185616/http://anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/Drawing_The_Line.htm May integrity and uprightness protect us, because our hope is in you. Redeem Israel, O God from all their troubles (Psa. 25:21-22). We write as bishops and theologians within the Anglican Communion to the Lambeth Commission to express our thanks for the important work which you are doing on our behalf as you respond to the current crisis within the Communion. We hold you in our prayers as you work to clarify for us the nature of...
A PROPOSAL FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY MINISTRY TO BE EXERCISED BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF COMMUNION POSSIBLE IN THE LIFE OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20040923064129/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/Proposal_For_An_Extraordinary_Ministry.htm 1. THE CONTEXT & PRINCIPLES 1.1 At the 1998 Lambeth Conference the Archbishop of Canterbury was invited to appoint a Commission to consider “the exceptional circumstances and conditions under which, and the means by which” the Archbishop of Canterbury might...
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Grave Concerns over the Diocese of Connecticut Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20050412162932/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/grave_concerns_conn.htm The recent finding by Bishop Andrew Smith of Connecticut and by his Standing Committee that six conservative priests of his diocese have “abandoned communion”, and currently stand in a position deserving of inhibition and even deposition raises grave concerns. These concerns touch upon not only the bishop’s integrity, but on matters that threaten the very structures of episcope, already weakened in the last years...
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An Interview with the Rev. Dr. Peter Walker, Fellow of the Anglican Communion Institute and Lecturer of Theology at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20050426182555/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/DrWalker_interview.htm What did you make of the comments following your presentation by the Bishop? It was so good to have him speaking so strongly and personally. Bishop Stanton has done an incredible amount to keep the global communion perspective alive in his diocese and within ECUSA. Bit it’s a hard task right now. This must rank as one of the...
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THE COMMUNIQUE IN CONTEXT Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20050306001547/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/THECOMMUNIQUEINCONTEXT.htm The final communiqué from Ireland must be set in the context of the events that led up to it, events from the issuing of The Windsor Report (TWR) until the Primates met and events during the meeting itself. Although the meeting was private, in line with the very welcome openness and fairness shown by Canon Gregory Cameron and others during the Commission and during the work of the Reception Group, some key documents are now online and...
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Important Report from the Chairs of the Theological Group and the Faith and Order Advisory Group of the Church of England House of Bishops (Jan 24, 2005) Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20050312013800/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/COE_HOB.html THE WINDSOR REPORT: A REPORT FROM THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND HOUSE OF BISHOPS Following the publication of the Windsor Report [1] on 18 October 2004, the House asked the Chairs of its Theological Group and the Faith and Order Advisory Group, the Bishops of Rochester and Chichester (assisted by the Vice-Chair of FOAG, the Bishop...
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AFTER THE ACC – JUNE 2005 Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20051018101008/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/articles/Post-ACCrev.htm What Has Happened? The current meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) has already provided several key decisions that bear upon the life of the Anglican Communion. Among them were three in particular: first, the decision to change the Constitution of the ACC so as to make Primates of provincial churches members ex officio of the Council, in addition to the current representation; second, a renewed endorsement of the Lambeth’98...
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The Primates' Statement of 16 October 2003 Commentary by Anglican Communion Institute Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20031125211611/http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org:80/primatestmtcommentary.htm PARA 1 The Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Moderators of the United Churches, meeting together at Lambeth Palace on the 15th and 16th October, 2003, wish to express our gratitude to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, for calling us together in response to recent events in the Diocese of New Westminster, Canada, and the Episcopal Church (USA), and welcoming us...
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