Roman Catholicism is impossible without the authority of the Pope. If Anglicans are going to unite with Catholics they will have to accept a strong form of Papal authority. There will be no alternative. Under these circumstances there is an inevitability to the view that there needs to be a single teaching authority in order to hold the churches together. But we have this authority in Christ and the scriptures.
Papal government obscures true authority.
The Archbishop of Canterbury greeted this report with reserve. So he should. Unless it is given a very different starting point, it should now be abandoned. Dr Peter Jensen is the Principal of Moore Theological College in the Diocese of Sydney. Click here to read feedback to this article.