Bishops in Communion and Prayers in Love and Faith
by Martin Davie:
To say that the House of Bishops Occasional Paper Bishops in Communion, published in 2000, is not well known is an understatement. Twenty-three years after its publication very few people in the Church of England even know of its existence. However, despite this fact, Bishops in Communion remains an important document because the understanding of how bishops are meant to conduct their ministry which it puts forward continues to shape the way in which bishops operate in the Church of England today.
To put it another way, the actions that the bishops of the Church of England have taken, and continue to take, during the Prayers of Love and Faith process directly reflect the thinking about the role of bishops which is found in the pages of Bishops in Communion.
This becomes particularly clear if you look at what Bishops in Communion has to say about the role of Church of England bishops in ‘the discerning of the mind of Christ for the Church’ on ‘complex issues of faith, order and moral teaching’[1] (the sort of situation which the Church of England is facing today).
Bishops in Communion declares that:
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