tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320087.post7970166287225095250..comments2024-03-22T15:15:09.943-04:00Comments on Lionel Deimel’s Web Log: Musings on Communion AgreementsLionel Deimelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363018512775944659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320087.post-46888034482774801862010-12-15T16:12:32.153-05:002010-12-15T16:12:32.153-05:00Thanks for this post. We actually wrote the "...Thanks for this post. We actually wrote the "full communion" definition while drafting Called To Common Mission. The term had been used for years (primarily by the Lutherans and their ecumenical partners), but there was no clear definition. I agree with you that CCM, and perhaps other ecumenical agreements, are much healthier expressions of a "missional covenant" than the proposed Anglican Covenant. Thanks for raising this...<br />Bishop Chris EptingChris Eptinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08435226362391386406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3320087.post-88708280685305977012010-12-14T21:47:45.462-05:002010-12-14T21:47:45.462-05:00Interesting post! A couple thoughts arise.
You w...Interesting post! A couple thoughts arise.<br /><br />You wrote:<br /><i>"The Covenant seeks unity on the basis of our churches’ historical roots and seems ignorant of the fact that churches have moved away from those roots, possibly growing in quite different directions. This fact should have led to a generous acceptance in the Covenant, but we see instead quite the opposite: a rejection of differences and an insistence on a reactionary view of what the Anglican churches must be."</i><br /><br />As we discussed earlier, one problem is that Dr. Williams and the supporters of the proposal conflate unity and uniformity. As the Lutherans and Episcopalians demonstrate this is neither necessary nor wise. We are not all alike and the effort to make us appear to be is doomed.<br /><br />It is also interesting to consider how confused we permit ourselves to be in the Lutheran / Episcopal agreement. It is possible to imagine an Episcopalian deacon serving a Presbyterian minister in a Lutheran church without any communion between Episcopalians and Presbyterians! Ugandan not so much.<br /><br />Thanks for the research. It is indeed instructive.<br /><br />FWIW<br />jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.com