tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108550303571033600.post6029696347763922846..comments2023-10-31T14:44:05.872+00:00Comments on Not the same stream: Seven constitutional questions on the CovenantPaul Bagshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694279608748668806noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108550303571033600.post-6790049194874316432011-11-27T12:15:02.493+00:002011-11-27T12:15:02.493+00:00Alan,
Thank you. I've completed the hanging s...Alan,<br /><br />Thank you. I've completed the hanging sentence.<br /><br />I also set off to address your question of the right, duty or obligation to raise questions. But, as you will see from what I posted, I was distracted down a different path.<br /><br />FWIW I see only the right to raise questions in the Covenant, and a duty to respond in the terms of sect 3. <br /><br />But I still think informal action will be highly likely - to keep things under the Covenant radar altogether, keep them cheaper, avoid the attention of the press, and even bloggers, and to avoid embarrasing or even losing friends.<br /><br />I suppose another route might be that concerns are not raised informally but don't go away. Therefore, when they do erupt, they're likely to be all the more emotive and divisive.Paul Bagshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17694279608748668806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108550303571033600.post-45458838358240283702011-11-23T17:14:04.591+00:002011-11-23T17:14:04.591+00:00Well put, Paul.
I think you're missing part o...Well put, Paul.<br /><br />I think you're missing part of a sentence right at the end of section 1.<br /><br />Regarding the issue of "raising questions" about decisions or actions that other Provinces have taken, is this a right or an obligation under the Covenant? In other words, if another Province were to say or do something about which the Church of England is squeamish, would the Church of England (or the as yet unspecified appropriate person or body therein) have the right to decline to raise a question pursuant to the Covenant? or would there be a positive duty to raise the question? In other words, is it possible that there could be no informal process as you have described, or in fact no decision not to pursue the issue?Alan T Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11700037716579004059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108550303571033600.post-44801433649905692372011-11-22T22:16:58.280+00:002011-11-22T22:16:58.280+00:00Very good article. The fact that some English dioc...Very good article. The fact that some English dioceses are voting for the Covenant and some against shows what a divisive idea it is. If the English Church votes against the Covenant the whole idea is dead.<br /><br />Anyway, how can it possibly be implemented as an instrument for unity and order unless there is overwhelming support for it?Concerned Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07428294874876279091noreply@blogger.com