There have been no such consecrations since 2006, but there is tremendous pressure to repeal resolution B033. The debate on that resolution will, in effect, be a debate on the Anglican Covenant. If it is repealed, TEC will clearly signal its rejection of the Anglican Covenant. It would be a reiteration of \u201d\u02dcautonomy\u2019 alone, rather than the Covenant concept of \u201d\u02dcautonomy within interdependence\u2019. So in debating resolution B033 of 2006, General Convention will in effect be debating the Covenant. It may well be, to the surprise of many, that B033 is not repealed: though even if this were to happen, it would still leave open the specific subject of the Ridley Cambridge draft.<\/p>\n
This leads us to the second related resolution which Dan Martins, of the Diocese of Northern Indiana, submitted to the General Convention office on the afternoon of 24 April 2009. It is co-sponsored by Christopher Wells, also of Northern Indiana, and Bruce Robison, of the Diocese of Pittsburgh (TEC not Southern Cone version).<\/p>\n
It is entitled, \u201d\u02dcProvisional Acceptance of the Anglican Covenant\u2019, and is causing much discussion already. All three sponsors are involved in the Covenant web site.<\/p>\n
\u201d\u02dcCommunion Partner Bishops\u2019, the positive \u201d\u02dcCommunion Conservative\u2019 movement of those who have not split off from The Episcopal Church, representing about 14 dioceses, met in Houston in April. Their statement, very perceptively, set out the grounds for individual dioceses of TEC to sign the Covenant. It has already been the cause of considerable debate.<\/p>\n