Post by angli_fan on Oct 16, 2006 10:35:10 GMT -5
(from the website of the Anglican Church of Canada)
Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has received the report of the Panel of Reference for the Anglican Communion and sees it as an important contribution to the process of reconciliation in Canada. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams released the report earlier today.
"I want to thank the panel for the careful and professional manner in which they carried out their work," said Archbishop Hutchison. "This is the first report the panel has issued and their diligence in seeking the truth and their concern that all voices be heard is an important model for the Communion. I am also very appreciative of the panel’s clarity over matters of jurisdiction and oversight and I am pleased that they have supported the understanding of those concepts that is shared throughout the communion."
The Panel is composed of thirteen lay and clerical Anglican leaders from the Communion. Archbishop Williams appointed the Panel in response to concerns expressed by the Primates of the Anglican Communion about the adequacy of proposals for alternate episcopal oversight where parishes and bishops are in disagreement. Four dissenting parishes in the Diocese of New Westminster requested that the Archbishop of Canterbury refer their concerns to the Panel.
www.anglican.ca/news/news.php?newsItem=2006-10-13_por.news
The report itself is available in PDF form here:
www.anglicancommunion.org/commission/reference/docs/report_october.pdf
Thinking Anglicans has a valuable roundup of reactions (liberal, conservative and moderate) from around the communion:
www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/001969.html
Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has received the report of the Panel of Reference for the Anglican Communion and sees it as an important contribution to the process of reconciliation in Canada. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams released the report earlier today.
"I want to thank the panel for the careful and professional manner in which they carried out their work," said Archbishop Hutchison. "This is the first report the panel has issued and their diligence in seeking the truth and their concern that all voices be heard is an important model for the Communion. I am also very appreciative of the panel’s clarity over matters of jurisdiction and oversight and I am pleased that they have supported the understanding of those concepts that is shared throughout the communion."
The Panel is composed of thirteen lay and clerical Anglican leaders from the Communion. Archbishop Williams appointed the Panel in response to concerns expressed by the Primates of the Anglican Communion about the adequacy of proposals for alternate episcopal oversight where parishes and bishops are in disagreement. Four dissenting parishes in the Diocese of New Westminster requested that the Archbishop of Canterbury refer their concerns to the Panel.
www.anglican.ca/news/news.php?newsItem=2006-10-13_por.news
The report itself is available in PDF form here:
www.anglicancommunion.org/commission/reference/docs/report_october.pdf
Thinking Anglicans has a valuable roundup of reactions (liberal, conservative and moderate) from around the communion:
www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/001969.html