Ed: This is the first posting I have been able to discover of the Communique from the Primates' Meeting. It is on the Fulcrum website, and I don't know where they got it from. I also don't entirely agree with Graham Kings' assessment that "it is very good". However, the substance is in paragraphs 17-35.
The key statement, however, is this:
35. Our discussions have drawn us into a much more detailed response than we would have thought necessary at the beginning of our meeting. But such is the imperative laid on us to seek reconciliation in the Church of Christ, that we have been emboldened to offer a number of recommendations. We have set these out in a Schedule to this statement. We offer them to the wider Communion, and in particular to the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church in the hope that they will enable us to find a way forward together for the period leading up to the conclusion of the Covenant Process. We also hope that the provisions of this pastoral scheme will mean that no further interventions will be necessary since bishops within The Episcopal Church will themselves provide the extended episcopal ministry required.
However, the Schedule is yet to be published!
Read the Communique
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