In introducing the resolutions to the house, the Rt. Rev. Ian Douglas, Bishop of Connecticut and episcopal chairman, said the committee was blessed by having seven of the proposers of the eight initial resolutions on it.<\/p>\n
As the committee worked, it became clear that \u201cthis church holds a wide variety of ecclesiological positions and opinions on the Anglican Covenant and its position in the Anglican Communion,\u201d\u009d Douglas said. \u201cAs we continued to perfect \u201d\u00a6 we began to believe that we would be unable to make a positive statement that would not somehow create a significant [number] of winners and losers.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
The committee began to think instead of presenting two resolutions to General Convention. Resolution B005 calls itself, in part, \u201ca pastoral response to the Episcopal Church.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n