“On Track for November”
By Anglican Futures.
Today the papers for July’s General Synod of the Church of England were published and a Media Briefing was held. For most orthodox Anglicans the first paper they read was the GS2303 “Update to General Synod of the Implementation Work for Living in Love and Faith,” which sets out the work that has been done since February’s decision to introduce the Prayers of Love and Faith.
The paper notes that of the 226 responses received about the wording of the Prayers, 148 were classified as generally positive and 78 were generally negative, of which “Overall the most significant critical comments were that the PLF were too much like marriage (60 responses).” A revised version was taken to the House of Bishops in June and the even-more revised version can now be found in GS2303.
At the Media Briefing the Bishop of London was asked to specify how the draft “Prayers of Love and Faith” had been amended to take account of this negative feedback.
Her answer was that some of the readings had changed and specifically in relation to the prayers that there had been changes concerning the prayers for the exchange of rings.
It is true – two Old Testament readings have been removed from the suggested resources – both from the Song of Songs. Of course, there is nothing to stop someone choosing to have readings from the Song of Songs.
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