Rwandan House of Bishops Urge Conciliar Process to Resolve Anglican Crisis
By David Virtue, VOL
Bishops say Covenant has failed
The House of Bishops of the Province of Rwanda has sent a dispatch to the All African Bishops Conference (CAPA) meeting in Entebbe calling for new "effective structures" to meet the "ecclesial deficit" in the Anglican Communion.
The letter brought by the Archbishop of Rwanda, the Most Rev. Emmanuel Kolini said that despite the blessings here at the CAPA conference, "We the Bishops of Rwanda have great concern about the state of the Anglican Communion and its ongoing disintegration." He described the situation as "acute."
The Rwanda House of Bishops called for a true Communion, united through a conciliar process rather than a separated Federation. "Such a style of leadership would mean a more effective voice and a greater impact in the Communion." They said a Covenant iss inadequate to address the issues.
The Rwandan dispatch said that in order for there to be a renewed Africa there needs to be a renewed Anglican identity and that can be found in the (GAFCON) Jerusalem statement which affirmed the authority of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God written; upheld the four Ecumenical Councils and the three historic Creeds as expressing the rule of faith of the one holy catholic and apostolic Church as well as the 39 Articles.
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