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11/28/2006

• Chancellor: Episcopal Church Will Prevail in Communion and Courts

  Although The Episcopal Church currently finds itself in uncharted territory both legally over ownership of diocesan property and with respect to its standing within the Anglican Communion, the Presiding Bishop’s chancellor, David Booth Beers, does not anticipate that the Archbishop of Canterbury will make any formal change in the church’s membership status in the Communion nor does he expect any dioceses affiliated with the Anglican Communion Network to attempt to leave.

  Posted on November 28, 2006

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• TLC Offers Correction to Conference Coverage

  At no time during his Nov. 3 workshop presentation to the Episcopal Majority did David Booth Beers, chancellor for the Presiding Bishop, suggest motives for hypothetical actions that Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams might make with regard to the future status of The Episcopal Church within the Anglican Communion, nor did he list possible Communion-funding sources or mention the Compass Rose Society by name.

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• Archbishop Williams, Pope Benedict Hold Vatican Talks

  The Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church will begin a new phase of ecumenism, one which “goes beyond theological dialogue,” according to a joint statement issued Nov. 23 after a formal audience by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at the Vatican with Pope Benedict XVI.

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• Open Letter Attacks Requests for Alternative Primatial Oversight

  Five retired bishops are among the more than 140 Episcopalians who have signed an open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury that urges him to reject all requests for alternative primatial oversight.

  Posted on November 28, 2006

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