Former primate of Canada Michael Peers has written “An Amplification of the Brooks Document” supplementing the earlier article Who has the power? by Robert Brooks.
See Archbishop Peers on the Primates and the ACC at Episcopal Majority.
Posted by Simon Sarmiento on Friday, 14 September 2007 at 9:00am BST | TrackBackArchbishop Peers shares his personal observations leading up to the first primates meeting in 1978 and subsequent early parameters. He comments "Archbishop Donald Coggan, in presiding over the first meeting, made it clear that the meeting was not going to become a resolution-producing body... Even Archbishop George Carey... resisted any attempt to introduce the proposing of motions. Such a change would overstep the mandate agreed upon from the first meeting."
Hmm. Seems to me that some souls are unhappy that they can't stop some flocks leaping out of their stalls and escaping tyranny, vilification and repression. It's starting to look like schemers trying to work out to keep their victims locked within abusive camps.
Do you have any idea how nice it is to go to weekly sermons not worrying about who is going to be insulted and blamed for the woes of this earth on this particular week? It is really nice. If your parish or diocese doesn't enable you to optimistically go to church each week, change parishes or denominations, or make a new one if one doesn't already exist.
It will be interesting to see how the ACC satisfies the need to demonstrate public benefit to the Charity Commission in order to retain its charitable status when its status is reviewed.
See http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/enhancingcharities/pbconsult.asp#C5
Kennedy
+Michael Peers confirmed me and ordained me successively deacon and priest.
Today, I am especially proud of that connection I have with this man.
Posted by: Malcolm+ on Friday, 14 September 2007 at 6:26pm BSTThe page you link to, Kennedy, notes the advancement of religion as a recognized charitable purpose, so I would expect that the public benefit provided by the ACC would be more or less the same as any other group that is dedicated to the advancement of religion.
Jon
Posted by: Jon on Friday, 14 September 2007 at 9:39pm BSTJon
The Taleban are promoting the advancement of religion.
Sorry, couldn't resist the chance for a joke, which should also remind us of a blind spot. An assumption that a church is good in and of itself simply if it quotes holy texts and has a lot of holy priests who agree they are holy.
Posted by: Cheryl Clough on Saturday, 15 September 2007 at 12:33am BST