Inquiring Minds Want to Know: A Lay Person's Perspective on the Proposed Anglican Covenant

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...

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主要作者: Thompsett, Fredrica Harris (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: Cambridge Univ. Press 2012
In: Journal of Anglican studies
Year: 2012, 卷: 10, 发布: 1, Pages: 42-51
Further subjects:B Baptism
B Laity
B Covenant
B Authority
B Episcopal Church
B Anglican
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总结: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?
ISSN:1745-5278
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S1740355312000010