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Statement from Archbishop Eames, Chairman of the Lambeth Commission
STATEMENT FROM ARCHBISHOP ROBIN EAMES CHAIRMAN OF THE LAMBETH COMMISSION
Friday 10th December 2004
I have been dismayed that certain remarks of mine in a telephone interview with the Church of England Newspaper have been taken completely out of context to mean I believe the Windsor Report will not have much effect. Nothing could be further from my hopes and convictions for the Windsor Report which contains the unanimous recommendations of the Lambeth Commission after a years prayerful work
Those unanimous recommendations are already receiving widespread and thoughtful study and response. They will now go to the Primates meeting in February with my full endorsement as Chairman of the Commission.
Some of the recommendations relate to long-term adjustments to the way we do things as Anglicans and will need a process of continued study and discussion. Other unanimous recommendations relate to immediate problems and need to be implemented by the Primates.
I would again emphasise that the Lambeth Commission Report contains the unanimous recommendations of a widely representative body of Anglicans from around the world. The Report has my full support and endorsement as Chairman of the Lambeth Commission and represents my own personal views on the problems facing the Anglican Communion at this time.
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