Albany Via Media

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.

On November 3, 2010 an international organization called No Anglican Covenant: Anglicans for Comprehensive Unity went public both on the web and on Facebook. Six weeks later its Facebook presence had more than 800 followers.

No Anglican Covenant's website is the source of a great deal of information about the proposed Anglican Covenant.

Of particular interest is the question of whether or not the Church of England will adopt the proposed Covenant. The CofE's General Synod in November 2010 voted to send the question to diocesan synods before itself making a final decision. As of early December 2011, out of 45 dioceses in the Church of England, 4 had voted "for" and 4 had voted "against".

In October 2011 the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church prepared a resolution against adopting the proposed Covenant for action at the General Convention in the summer of 2012.

The proposed Covenant will continue to be a topic of discussion.

Resolution of the Vestry of St. Andrew's, Albany

Listing 5 reasons why General Convention should not sign on to the proposed Covenant

Anglicans Online recommends against approval of the proposed Covenant

This online centre of the Anglican/Episcopal world, which seldom takes sides, editorializes: “… the concept itself is wrong and out of sync with the world that is and that is becoming” and concludes: “… we're not in favour of the Covenant and cannot imagine a Communion bound by it.”

Comparison of Covenant Versions by Rev. Tobias Haller, BSG

A document laying out the St. Andrew's draft, the Ridley draft, and the final version in parallel columns.

Comment from Ohio by The Rev. Dr. R. William Carroll

“Any covenant document that we could sign on to would not contain some of the enforcement and exclusion provisions of the current draft.”

Post-convention statement by the Albany Via Media Board

Commenting on the lack of adequate opportunity sponsored by the Diocese of Albany for discussion of the proposed Anglican Covenant; issued July 28, 2010

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.