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Albany Endorses the Covenant
Statement by the AVM Board
… the Convention endorsed the Covenant by a vote of 314 to 76 …
… How accurately it reflects sentiment in the pews is less clear. When, a few years ago, a businesslike one-day meeting in the see city morphed into a three day “family reunion” (Bp. Love's description) in the Adirondack woods, Convention lost much of its appeal for moderate and liberal Episcopalians. …
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About the proposed Anglican Covenant
A resolution of endorsement by The Diocese of Albany of the proposed Anglican Communion Covenant was passed at the meeting of the Diocesan convention on June 12, 2010.
The Board of Albany Via Media had recommended that the Diocese not undertake to endorse the proposed Covenant before its consideration by the General Convention of The Episcopal Church.
The proposed Covenant will continue to be a topic of discussion.
- Statement by the Vestry of Christ Church, Hudson
- Urging indefinite postponement of action on the proposed Anglican Covenant by the Diocesan Convention in June
- Communion, Covenant and Conversation
- An address by the Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wade delivered to Albany Via Media on April 10, 2010 at St. Paul's Church in Albany.
- Orthodoxy, Heresy, and the Proposed Anglican Covenant
- Comment by Rev. John Kettlewell, Rector of St. Stephen's, Schuylerville, at Openly Episcopal in Albany
- A (Limited) Show of Hands on the Covenant
- Comment by Albany Via Media board member Robert Dodd
- An Anglican Covenant ?
- An article from AVM's Fall, 2009 Newsletter by Fr. Walt Zelley, a retired priest from the Diocese of New Jersey, who is now a member of the Church of St. John in the Wilderness, Copake Falls.
- General Convention and our Anglican Way of being ‘Church’
- An article from AVM's Fall, 2009 Newsletter by Fr. John Perry, the Rector of Christ Church, Hudson.
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