Statement on the Primates’ communique from the Archbishop of Sydney

Statement on the Primates’ communique from the Archbishop of Sydney

"We must cautiously welcome this decision and communique from the Primates of the Anglican Communion," Archbishop Peter Jensen said in Sydney on Friday [March 25].

"It should be seen as a victory for the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams in that it buys time for a full resolution of this serious theological and pastoral problem in the life of churches and congregations of the Anglican Communion,” Dr Jensen said.

"I am pleased to note that the Primates have taken disciplinary action against those who have transgressed the Scriptural teaching; and that they have affirmed the content of the 1998 Lambeth Conference Resolution 1.10 on human sexuality.

“I am also pleased that they have asked for urgent action to ensure the continuing place in the life of the Communion and the pastoral care of those churches and church leaders in Canada and North America who have stood firm for the clear Scriptural teaching on matters of sexuality.

"Everything now depends on how effective and speedy this action is," Dr Jensen concluded.

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