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+Rowan Williams New Ultimatum

Read it all; here is part:

Bishops attending the Lambeth Conference will be asked to affirm their willingness to abide by the recommendations of the Windsor Report and work towards the creation of an Anglican Communion Covenant.

A spokesman for the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams told The Church of England Newspaper that letters affirming support for Windsor and the Covenant process had not yet been mailed, but would go out presently.

Bishops attending Lambeth must have a “willingness to work with those aspects of the [Lambeth] Conference’s agenda that relate to implementing the recommendations of [the Windsor Report], including the development of a Covenant,” Dr. Williams wrote in his Dec. 14 Advent pastoral letter.

The Windsor Report calls for a ban on gay bishops and blessings and discouraged violating the diocesan boundaries of bishops in opposing theological camps. Affirming the recommendations of the Windsor Report may cause difficulty for US Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and other progressive American, Canadian, Brazilian and British bishops who have given either their formal or informal support to moves to normalize homosexuality within the life of the church. It also closes the door on full participation in the conference of the Bishop of New Hampshire, the Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson.

Living Church Interviews Bishop MacPherson And Fr. Peter Cook Regarding The Recent Statement

From here:

The recent deposition of bishops John-David Schofield and William J. Cox lends credence to those who say two sets of rules govern The Episcopal Church, according to Bishop D. Bruce MacPherson of Western Louisiana.

At a diocesan standing committee meeting on April 14, all six members approved a statement that noted that the deposition votes of the House of Bishops on March 12 failed to achieve the canonically required number of votes for enactment. A pastoral emergency prevented Bishop MacPherson from attending the standing committee meeting, but he endorsed the statement and urged its approval the following day at a meeting of diocesan council. All 19 members of council present also approved the resolution.

“The purpose is to express displeasure and concern, to encourage everyone to obey the canons” Bishop MacPherson told The LivingChurch. “Right now there is a disparity. It appears there are two different sets of rules for one church.”

When the statement was introduced during the council meeting by the Rev. William R. Bryant, president of the standing committee, one council member questioned whether everyone was familiar enough with the details to cast an informed vote. In response, Bishop MacPherson provided a brief narrative history and commended the statement for council approval.

“I didn’t twist anyone’s arms,” he said. “I told them it was important that we clearly state where we are as a diocese. We have got to have consistency and order. That is the purpose of the canons.”

The Very Rev. Peter J.A. Cook, a member of the standing committee, said Western Louisiana was hoping that other “right-thinking dioceses” would also express their concern. Western Louisiana, he said, had been inspired by a similar resolution approved by the South Carolina standing committee and bishop.

“The failure of the House of Bishops to follow proper procedure in deposing bishops Cox and Schofield resulted from no accidental reading of the canons,” Dean Cook said. “It, and the manner of the Presiding Bishop’s intrusion into San Joaquin’s affairs, were deliberate and ride roughshod over proper canonical procedure.”

Pay close attention to the quotes from Bishop MacPherson and from Fr. Cook, at whose behest I wrote the statement for consideration by the Standing Committee.