It is true that the Conference passed no Resolutions, offered no Teaching Statements, and took no votes \u201d\u201c on anything. But, on the final afternoon, in his Third Presidential Address, Archbishop Rowan Williams (in the words of one of the senior English Bishops) \u201cdecisively tipped the balance for the first time in the Conference.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Another of the Bishops put it this way, \u201cThe Bible Studies and the Indaba groups provided the backdrop for the Archbishop to speak on behalf of the whole Conference. And he did so with remarkable clarity and forcefulness.\u201d\u009d Unequivocally, he:<\/p>\n
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Affirmed the uniqueness of Christ as \u201cthe Way, the Truth and the Life\u201d\u009d (not \u201cmy way,\u201d\u009d or \u201ca way\u201d\u009d!);
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Reaffirmed Resolution 1:10 (from the 1998 Conference)1 as the teaching of the Anglican Communion regarding sexual behavior;
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Reiterated the Primates\u2019 call in the 2007 Communique from Dar es Salam for moratoria on the blessing of same-sex relationships, the consecration of priests in same-sex relationships, and the crossing of diocesan borders by Bishops of other jurisdictions; 2
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Endorsed once again the development of an Anglican Covenant as \u201cthe way forward\u201d\u009d….<\/p>\n