From ENS-
Two Anglican Communion provinces have aligned with the Anglican Covenant, albeit using different terms to define that decision.
The Church of Ireland's General Synod voted May 13 to "subscribe" to the covenant, noting that it purposely chose that word rather than using "adopt." Meanwhile, the Province of South East Asia, has issued a "letter of accession."
The original request to the communion's primates and moderators was that the member churches should consider the covenant and decide "on acceptance or adoption."
"Subscribing the Covenant is an indication that the Church of Ireland has put its collective name to and aligned with it," the Church of Ireland said in a short press release. "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."
The release said that the synod found that the covenant is "consonant with the doctrines and formularies of the Church of Ireland." The subscribing resolution was passed by a "large majority" of both the House of Representatives and the House of Bishops, according to the release.
In what South East Asia calls a "preamble" to that letter, the province says the covenant "offers a concrete platform in ordering the churches in the Anglican Communion to be a Communion with a clear ecclesial identity."
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http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_128341_ENG_HTM.htm
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