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10 Ecc LJ 1 (2008)

handle is hein.journals/ecclej10 and id is 1 raw text is: (2008) lo Ecc LJ 1-2 © The Ecclesiastical Law Society doi: 10.1017/So956618Xo8OOO884 EDITORIAL MARK HILL For a number of reasons, the year 2008 will be significant for those with an interest in ecclesiastical law. First, it marks the twenty-first anniversary of the formation of the Ecclesiastical Law Society and the establishment of this Joumal. Much has been achieved over the past two decades, and the expectations of the founders have been surpassed in terms of reviving the study of ecclesias- tical law. In March 1987, Robert Runcie sent a message to the inaugural confer- ence of the Society, held at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, stating 'there has never been such a need as there is today for the law of the Church to develop, and to develop soundly in the light of consistent and distinguished scholarship'. The flourishing of the Society and of this Joumal, is testimony to the prescience of the archbishop. However, the Society is a relative youngster in comparison with its Roman Catholic equivalent, the Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland, which is currently celebrating half a century of existence. Representatives of the Ecclesiastical Law Society were pleased to share in a Mass to mark the Canon Law Society's fiftieth birthday, celebrated in Westminster Cathedral by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. Ecumenical collaboration between the two Societies, exemplified by the biennial Lyndwood Lecture, is evidence not merely of the recovery of the history and tradition of Anglican canon law, but also of the practical ecumenism that may be lived out through a fuller understanding of the similarities in the legal regulation of the two Churches. But beyond the two Societies, the Anglican Communion will be faced in 2008 with challenges and opportunities at the Lambeth Conference, as heralded - to some degree at least - at the Ecclesiastical Law Society's residential conference in Liverpool in January 2007. Much attention focuses upon a draft Anglican Covenant, part of a rolling process of consultation and reflection which is taking forward the recommendations articulated in the Windsor Report. The true nature of reflection cannot be overstated, because modern and immediate means of communication are anathema to meditative self-examination and respectful consideration of the views of others. In an era where e-mail exchanges and briefings on the world wide web tend to dominate, the need to slow the pace seems overwhelming. There seemed to be far more harmony in the Anglican Communion when correspondence took weeks to reach its intended recipient. By the time a reply had been composed and sent back, the problem had generally resolved itself.

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