What I look for from General Convention – Lord Carey
WHAT THOUGHTS/CONCERNS AND ACTIONS SHOULD GOVERN THE BISHOPS AND DELEGATES AT ITS FORTHCOMING GENERAL CONVENTION?
Is Gen.Convention so sure of the rightness of its previous decision that it will reject the conclusions of Windsor?
So, my hopes are summed up in the following sentences.
I hope it will repent of decisions taken in 2003. It has been said that one cannot repent of one’s convictions and to ask delegates to repent of a view they believe to be right is surely inconceivable. I understand that, but we can repent of actions that have wilfully hurt others and damaged the unity of God’s church.
I hope it will commit itself to a moratorium on the consecration of practising homosexuals and lesbians to the episcopate, although I personally would extend this to all Orders of ministry.
I hope it will refrain from same sex blessing and liturgies. I hope also that it will commit itself to a Covenant along the lines of the Windsor Report.
Finally, I hope that ECUSA will do all its power to bring back into full communion all those bishops, clergy, and congregations who at present feel alienated from its life and in danger of separating from the Province.
What do I most fear? That the General Convention will deal with the matter half-heartedly and will not see the seriousness of the hour, with the result that the issues are fudged and the response is so ambiguous that the situation is made far worse. Because, make no mistake about it, on that basis the Communion will split and our mission, our integrity and our ministry to the poor of Africa will suffer.
[Read whole lecture by Lord Carey here->http://titusonenine.classicalanglican.net/?p=13313#more-13313]
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