The Anglican covenant proposed by the Lambeth Commission

Doe, Christopher Norman ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1464-3130 2005. The Anglican covenant proposed by the Lambeth Commission. Ecclesiastical Law Journal 8 (37) , pp. 147-161. 10.1017/S0956618X00006219

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The Lambeth Commission (2004) proposed a number of short-term and long-term solutions to issues raised by recent and highly controversial developments in the Episcopal Church (USA) and the diocese of New Westminster (Canada). From these events have emerged important questions about the nature of communion between, and the autonomy of, each of the forty-four member churches of the Anglican Communion, and the way in which decisions of common concern are made. In order to consolidate this communion, as a long-term project, the Commission proposes the adoption of an Anglican Covenant by all forty-four churches of the Communion. This article describes the terms of the proposed Covenant and identifies their provenance, in order to establish that the proposal is for the most part a restatement of classical Anglicanism. Only in serious cases of disagreement which substantially risk the unity of the Communion is the proposal innovative. The article also describes briefly reactions to and possible implementation of the proposed Covenant.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Law
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
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Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0956-618X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	13 May 2023 02:21
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/25049

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