Church of Ireland General Synod Votes to Subscribe the Anglican Covenant

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Posted On : May 13, 2011 7:23 PM | Posted By : Admin ACO

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Church of Ireland General Synod Votes to Subscribe the Anglican Covenant

The General Synod of the Church of Ireland meeting today in Armagh 
voted in favour of the following Motion on the Anglican Covenant: 
'Seeing that the Anglican Covenant is consonant with the doctrines 
and formularies of the Church of Ireland, the General Synod hereby 
subscribes the Covenant.'

The vote was passed by a large majority of the House of 
Representatives. The House of Bishops also voted as a separate House, 
approving the motion, also by a large majority.

The Motion was proposed by the Bishop of Cashel & Ossory, the Rt Revd 
Michael Burrows, and seconded by the Bishop of Down & Dromore, the Rt 
Revd Harold Miller. In the course of the Synod debate it was stressed 
that the word 'subscribe' in relation to the Covenant, rather than 
'adopt', was important. Subscribing the Covenant is an indication 
that the Church of Ireland has put its collective name to and aligned 
with it. The Covenant sits under the Preamble and Declaration of the 
Church and does not affect the sovereignty of the Church of Ireland 
or mean any change in doctrine. ENDS

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