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ACNS 4080     |     LAMBETH	|     18 NOVEMBER 2005

Statement from Lambeth Palace following publication of the Global South
Primates' Letter

Lambeth Palace has issued the following statement following the
publication of a letter from Primates of the Global South to the
Archbishop of Canterbury:

'The Archbishop of Cantebrury has made it clear since before the time of
his enthronement that neither he nor anyone else has a mandate to change
the teaching of the Church by fiat. He is committed to the process to
which all the primates committed themselves and their provinces in the
Primates' response to the Windsor report, contained in the communique
following the meeting in Dromantine.

"If this letter is a contribution to that process of debate, then it is
to be welcomed, however robust. If it is an attempt to foreclose that
debate, it would seem to serve very little purpose indeed."

Related Links

Global South Letter can be found here:
http://www.globalsouthanglican.org/index.php/article/global_south_primat
es_response_to_archbishop_rowan_williams/

Statement from Archbishop Clive Handford can be found here:
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/articles/40/75/acns4079.cfm

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