RT Article
T1 Inquiring Minds Want to Know: A Lay Person's Perspective on the Proposed Anglican Covenant
JF Journal of Anglican studies
VO 10
IS 1
SP 42
OP 51
A1 Thompsett, Fredrica Harris
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/178480228X
AB Baptism is the sacrament that incorporates Christians into the Body of Christ; 99 percent of the church are laity. The proposed Anglican Covenant's emphasis on formal authority exercised by bishops and primates changes the relationships among all Anglicans, not just bishops. This change may run against a fundamental Anglican tradition of ongoing communal reflection that acknowledges that elements of church life change because they are no longer convenient or useful in particular locales. In adopting the Anglican Covenant, are we stating that traditional Anglican polity is no longer convenient or useful for the Provinces of the Anglican Communion, including the Episcopal Church?
K1 Laity
K1 Episcopal Church
K1 Covenant
K1 Baptism
K1 Authority
K1 Anglican
DO 10.1017/S1740355312000010