In a statement issued during the meeting, the Bishop of Guildford, the Rt Revd Christopher Hill, who chairs the Church of England’s Council for Christian Unity and is a member of ARCIC III, said: “The commission is looking at how the Church makes important decisions; do we make local decisions, or do we await a wider global consensus? There are varied views on all sides. We are takÂing very seriously how the Churches receive each other and our mutual gifts.”
Archbishop Longley said that the Commission was “beginning to get a better idea about the shape of the work”. He expected ARCIC III not to take as long as ARCIC II. “The brief we have is focused and fairly precise; we hope to be able to accomplish it in a more modest time.”
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