tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674064810664714323.post2382694529648548016..comments2023-09-19T14:24:55.151+01:00Comments on Comprehensive Unity: The No Anglican Covenant Blog: Response to Mark Chapman's defense of the CovenantNo Anglican Covenant Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08621151497981444214noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674064810664714323.post-54951213252594473372012-03-07T17:15:46.255+00:002012-03-07T17:15:46.255+00:00Finally! Someone who gets it that the Covenant is ...Finally! Someone who gets it that the Covenant is dismissive of Reason as a stand alone open ended source of Revelation. Read Book I of the Laws to understand how Anglicanism regards Reason and the Books II and II to see how actually limits the venue of Scripture's authority. Indeed Hooker's position was that overextending the authority of scripture brought it into disrepute, and this is well witnessed in today' world.<br /><br />Just as an additional aside, why does the Covenant include the 39 Articles and the 1662 BCP as important formularies? They seem important to the Jerusalem Declaration folks, but not so much for the rest of us. Certainly not for TEC.Mike R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13353965540906520514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-674064810664714323.post-25043112438405904502012-03-06T21:28:56.112+00:002012-03-06T21:28:56.112+00:00I was also put off by the dismissal of federalism ...I was also put off by the dismissal of federalism or federation -- the root of the Latin word from which these derive means "covenant." In many respects I think the proposed Covenant is too weak to bear that name; it is based in the end on a hope that all will get along but that when some do not we will muddle through or send them to Coventry. We can do that now without a Covenant.<br /><br />The current draft is half-baked. If we really want a constitution of some sort, it must in the end constitute something. This one seems rather to paper over cracks than repair them.<br /><br />I echo your observations about first and second order issues.Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.com