Andrew Plus: The Covenant is dead, but can we get back to square one?

I believe this to be an accurate and balanced account of where the Covenant proposal has got to (October 2007):

Andrew Plus: The Covenant is dead, but can we get back to square one?

There are a couple of outstanding questions about the Covenant if we grant, as would seem to be the case, that it is dead as a regulatory scheme.

1) Given the public endorsements it has had, can it really be allowed to die?
2) Those who want a regulatory framework are unlikely to be satisfied. Even if its main proponents leave the fold, will not those who are left continue to worry at this bone and look for other ways to get to the same goal? There always seem to be people who want to order the church in their own image.

I would guess that, when some of the dust has settled and the membership of the Anglican Communion (Provinces, Dioceses and people) becomes clearer, the issue of a regulatory framework will be revisited. Watch out for those who seek to delegate powers to some innocuous sounding but high-powered international committee.