Lambeth Commission tackles tensions in the Church
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article31300
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican World
- Date
- 2004 Easter
- Issue
- 113
- Page
- 36
- Notes
- The members of the Lambeth Commission met for the first time at St. George's House, Windsor, England from 9-13 February 2004. The Commission was established following the Primates' Meeting at Lambeth Palace, London, in October 2003. The commission, which is due to report to the Archbishop of Canterbury in September 2004, has organized into small working groups to study and reflect on five key topics: "Issues of process in the Anglican Communion; The nature and purposes of Communion; The obligations of Communion Authority; The role of the instruments of unity in preserving fellowship". The Commission "expressed its sadness over the `strident language' being used in the debate now besetting the Anglican Communion over the issues of openly gay clergy and same sex unions". "The commission is saddened that tensions within the Communion, exacerbated by the use of strident language, have continued to rise in recent months, (and) requests all members of the Anglican Communion to refrain from any precipitate action, or legal proceedings, which would further harm `the bonds of communion' in the period whilst it completes it work. Mission and ministry, including prayer for unity, remain the priorities".
- A complete list of the Commission's members is published here. It includes the Rev. Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan, Anglican Church of Canada. The text of presentations to the Commission and the statement from the Commission can be found on its web site at: www.anglicancommunion.org/ecumenical/commissions/lambeth.index.cfm
- Subjects
- Anglican Communion. Lambeth Commission
- Authority - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Location
- General Synod Archives