Windsor Report

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The Windsor Report was the document containing the finding of the Eames Commission. In 2003, Archbishop Robin Eames, the Anglican Primate of All Ireland, was appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury as Chairman of the Lambeth Commission on Communion, tasked with examining significant challenges to unity in the Anglican Communion, stemming from the reaction of conservatives to the consecration of Gene Robinson as the Bishop of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church USA and the blessing of same-sex unions in the Diocese of New Westminster. The Commission published its report ("the Windsor Report") on 18 October 2004.

The report recommended solidifying the connection between the churches of the Communion by having each church ratify an "Anglican Covenant" that would, in part, commit them to consulting the wider Communion when making major decisions. It also urged those who had contributed to disunity to express their regret.

The report was criticized by liberals (for example, in The Windsor Report: A Liberal Response) for seemingly taking for granted that the actions of New Hampshire and New Westminster--and homosexuality in general--were wrong. For example, while it calls for both conservatives and liberals to apologise for disunity, it acknowledges that the conservatives may have acted out of a sense of duty. However, it concedes no such acknowledgement to New Westminster and New Hampshire.

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