A "genuinely global communion of interdependent autonomous Churches" seems to me to be precisely the model of the ancient Eastern Orthodox Church as distinct from the increasingly anachronistic "one way or the highway" of the Roman model. Regards. KnoxDuncan@... >New Anglican covenant begins to take shape. By Bill Bowder : THE OUTLINES >of a sacrificial covenant that could bind the Anglican Communion together >as a despite its current differences, has been approved by the Archbishop of Canterbury and a select group of Primates.<