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April 15 April 1'"
A'ilia" u, Prmyl"ius
""1 'tWUlll Unitn
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AnJ;1ic:an mitriMers $Iwy the claire will then
be welcome to the L.onl'~ Table in
eilher the Anglican or the Presbyte·
rian Church. Thil is ~bIe because.
III the Propa;aI Covenant
mal;~ dear. lhe panicipalin;
ebun:hes t'eOOgIIQ;e one another Lt
intieaI pltU 01 the One. Holy
Catholic .nd Apooaolic O>llreb.•nd
recogni~ that the n,iniSlries of each
al'll effcdive in lhe ministry ol Ihe
Word and SaerammlL The recog.
nition rtmll'l'tS related P1'e>b~lerian
fears that Allflic:ant do not reprd
tbe Prubytenan C1Klrdl as t",ly
part of the ClIllrch. nor do they ~
prd Presbyterian Miniilcn as Mini>:t.-rs
in any effective _.
By remO\ling these fears. and b~
admitting one
.nother'. memben
to the l..anJ's Table. the repmltlltatives
fA. the dlureb0:5 believe tMt
Il'I .tnoospl!ae 01 lrust will be
created in which we an ICJldhet'"
enter _ deeply into the qlltSl
for the orpnie unity which we be·
lieve 10 be Gocrs will for lIS.
COMMON FORM OF MINISTRY
If I.bis Covenant is eventually ac·
cepled by Presbytcria.a:s they will
be COrTImiltcd to .u a"oo,_t
IJ
with lhe An,lio.:ans Oft • eon"noo
fonn 01 epi>ooDpal min~ry. It mu:sI
.1 once be c:onf-.l thal lome
Prtlitl)"teriBn~ are still not easy in
their minds .bout Ihis provision.
TheR are two - and only tWO ­
valid ra.som for this "nea:Une:sL
~ is lhe far lhal ......"..~ 01
episcopacy me:ans .Iso the acoepta~
cl a theory of aposto6e suect:d itaelf either
10 their theolOl!Y or their reason.
In reply 10 that ,t has boen poinlcd
oot thal the fad ol episcopacy is
"btfy IlXK'e important tJI.In any
lheory .bout it. aIld
that ''''''''''&
Antlieam. thermdva Ihc:ft is a rode
range: of theories reprdinC epiloco­
IJQCY .nd iu rel.tionship to the
llpostolic ,;u~. none of these
theories bei~ accepted anti promul.
pted III oIflcial by the Church of
the Proviaee. In other wonII, .ecqnnc:e
01 episloopocv woulcl in no
~ implY the ......q,..ru d any
_ p:trtlQll.r lhoory aboul epi:;copacy.
Then there iI the fear Ihal the
a~thority p1~ced in the h.nds 01 th:
bIshop loevl~bly tench to be mis·
ul;e(l to the Oetriment cl the ,rowth
pm liberty cl lbe OIureb .nd 10
the spiritual Clptb.:asicA" cl the
Church tnember.
is feat is pro­
~bjy relaled 10 the unhappy upe·
~ 0( Presbyterians in Scotland
,n the !ltVenteenth Qentury when billhops
were u!ied hy the Icing to enforce
roysl poli ~red. bul
that no mass UodllS 01 this sort io:
discernihle.
PENIT£NCE
Two more signlf.nce aspects 01
the Proposed CO\IenaJ\t desr:rve
oomnltlll. Very near the beJinninJthe
note tJl penitCflOt is 5Irvct. The
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