The Scottish Episcopal Church will be holding its annual General Synod in Edinburgh at the end of next week (10 to 12 June). There are several items on the Church’s website about the meeting.
Agenda and Papers
General Information
One item on the agenda is this motion, to be debated on the afternoon of Thursday 10 June.
Motion 3: That this Synod, recognising the publication of the Anglican Covenant and the need to address the Covenant in a manner which is careful and prayerful, request the Faith and Order Board to advise General Synod 2011 on what process or processes might be appropriate to be followed by this Synod to enable due consideration of the final version of the Covenant by the Scottish Episcopal Church.
Synod members have been supplied with the text of the covenant, but no other papers for this debate.
I took the time to listen in to an interview with Primus David Chillingworth, which took place around the last General Synod (2009) – just after his election to this important post in the Episcopal Church of Scotland. I was struck by his reference to the fact that each Province of the Anglican Communion – whatever the given title – has its own ‘primus inter pares’, affording an honorary title of notional leadership of the College of Bishops in the individual Province. Such an understanding might afford a new insight into the actual leadership function of the ABC – primarily… Read more »