From The Church Times-NO TIMESCALE is to be put on the adoption of the Anglican Covenant, the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion (SCAC) agreed last week.
The Covenant was discussed on the first of the three days of the committee’s talks — attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury and elected members of the Anglican Consultative Council and the Primates’ standing committee.
A statement released afterwards said: “The Standing Committee received an update on the progress of the Anglican Communion Covenant. It was noted that eight provinces had endorsed the covenant to date, in some cases with a degree of qualification. They were the only responses received so far by the secretary general.”
The Church of England, which rejected the Covenant when a majority of dioceses voted against it in March, was not included in the responses received, suggesting that no formal response has yet been submitted to the Anglican Communion office.
The statement continued: “There was general agreement that no timeframe should yet be introduced for the process of adoption of the covenant by provinces. The Standing Committee will return to this question following Anglican Consultative Council-15 (ACC-15).”
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