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Bishops John Saxbee, Peter Selby to Be Patrons of No Anglican Covenant Coalition No Anglican Covenant Coalition Anglicans for Comprehensive Unity noanglicancovenant.org NEWS RELEASE JULY 6, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BISHOPS JOHN SAXBEE, PETER SELBY TO BE PATRONS OF NO ANGLICAN COVENANT COALITION LONDON – The Right Reverend Dr John Saxbee and the Right Reverend Dr Peter Selby have been appointed Episcopal Patrons of the international No Anglican Covenant Coalition. “The Anglican Communion doesn’t need a Covenant because Anglicanism is a Covenant, predicated on grace and goodwill,” Dr Saxbee said. “If there is grace and goodwill, a Covenant is unnecessary. If there is no grace or goodwill, a Covenant will be unavailing.” Dr Saxbee was Bishop of Lincoln from 2001 until his retirement in January of this year. Dr Selby, Bishop of Worcester from 1997 to 2007, has been a supporter of the Coalition since its launch last November. “This proposed Covenant is not the solution to the tensions in the Anglican Communion,” he said. “It will inevitably create a litigious Communion where every serious disagreement will become a possible occasion to seek a province’s exclusion.” “More and more questions are being raised about the potential pitfalls of the proposed Anglican Covenant,” said the Reverend Dr Lesley Fellows, Moderator of the No Anglican Covenant Coalition. “We have consistently seen that support for the Covenant tends to collapse in the face of full and fair discussion and analysis. We are very pleased to welcome Bishops Selby and Saxbee as our first Episcopal Patrons. They are well respected in the Church of England and throughout the Anglican Communion. We expect that their views on the Covenant will persuade many more people to take a harder look at the risks inherent in this radical proposal.” -30- noanglicancovenant.org Revd Jean Mayland (England) +44 07966 921247 Dr Lionel Deimel (USA) +1-412-512-9087 Revd Malcolm French (Canada) +1-306-550-2277 Revd Lawrence Kimberley (New Zealand) +64 3 981 7384 Revd Canon Hugh Magee (Scotland) +44 1334 470446 .
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