See tomorrow’s Times of London, as reproduced at Virtuosity (possibly in violation of copyright law) for a purported summary of the “Windsor Report” by the Lambeth Commission / Eames Commission, due to be released Monday October 18. (Hat tip to TitusOneNine.) Here’s an excerpt:
The ordination of openly gay bishops in the Anglican Church is to be outlawed under controversial new proposals to be published next week to save the Church from schism.
Anglican provinces are to be told they must sign an unbreakable unity agreement which would prevent dioceses and provinces from ever ordaining gay bishops such as Gene Robinson in the US again.
A new “star chamber” will be set up to adjudicate when provinces are accused of breaking the agreement.* * *
Under the proposals, these churches will not be suspended but will effectively suspend themselves if they are unable to sign up to the new covenant.
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The Windsor Report is also expected to propose a system of “alternative episcopal oversight” for those conservative evangelical parishes in the US and Canada unable to accept the ordination of Bishop Robinson or same-sex blessings.
The US church will only be disciplined if it refuses to allow parishes to opt for alternative oversight and take their property with them.
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