"I agree with the
Windsor Report's recommendation those who have gone against Church teaching should not attend representative Anglican gatherings.
In their statement, the Anglican bishops said, "We note with approval that the
Windsor Report calls for a moratorium on the ordination, election and consecration of any candidate to the Episcopate who is living in a same gender union, and the blessing of same sex unions."
``While I regard the
Windsor Report as in many respects an admirable document, within its scope, I like least the singling out of Gene Robinson.
The Synod passed a motion put forward by the Bishop of Durham, Dr Nicholas Thomas Wright, accepting the principles of the
Windsor Report.
London -- The Anglican Commission on Communion issued The
Windsor Report on October 18, 2004, in an attempt to heal the most recent rife in the Church.
The Archbishop of Canterbury should have stood up for the faith, not rewritten the Bible and called it The
Windsor Report. With a covenant, there should be give and take, and I am left wondering what changes it may lead to in the church.
We request that both churches respond through their relevant constitutional bodies to the questions specifically addressed to them in the
Windsor Report as they consider their place within the Anglican Communion
Yesterday's
Windsor Report also called on the Episcopal church in the US - which oversaw Canon Robinson's ordination - to 'effect a moratorium' on the consecration of any more gay candidates until the fiercely debated issue has been resolved.
Dr Rowan Williams called on pro and anti factions to unite to renew and re-energise the communion following the publication of the Lambeth Commission's
Windsor Report into the crisis.
Shared episcopal ministry, endorsed by the Canadian House of Bishops in 2004, was originally proposed in the
Windsor Report from the Lambeth Commission on Communion.
Both liberals and conservatives remain entrenched on the controversial issue, sparking fears that the Lambeth Commission's
Windsor Report, to be published today, may only fuel the row.
The covenant goes back to the
Windsor Report, which came out of the Lambeth Commission on Communion, established in 2003.