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> ACC-14 Press Briefing 5th May 2009

Posted On : May 5, 2009 9:20 PM | Posted By : Webmaster
ACNS: http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2009/5/5/ACNS4606
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One of the most important issues to come before the Anglican
Consultative Council is the draft text of the Anglican Covenant. The
idea for an Anglican Covenant has been before the Communion for the past
few years and it was in 2006 the Archbishop of Canterbury established
the Covenant Design Group. The process has been one of evolving texts as
ideas suggestions hopes and fears from Primates, Provinces and the
Lambeth Conference were shared with the Design group. Just before the
Anglican Consultative Council began The Covenant Design Group produced
The Third (Ridley Cambridge) Draft.
http://www.aco.org/commission/covenant/ridley_cambridge/draft_text.cfm

The Chair of the Covenant Design Group Archbishop Drexel Gomez presented
a history of the process and the current text at ACC-14 on Monday May
4th. His address may be found here:
http://www.aco.org/acns/enclosures/Covenant%20Presentation%204%20May%20h
andout.pdf

On Tuesday May 5 Archbishop Gomez and Bishop Gregory Cameron held a
press briefing reviewing the document and Bishop Gregory explained the
process that ACC will follow in considering the text and discussed the
kind of resolution that would be needed to forward the Covenant to the
provinces for their consideration.

> Duration: 29:49 | File Size: 11.9MB

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