Documents
Documents, papers, essays, and reports. All documents are from Via Media USA, except as noted.
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| 09/17/2008 |
A Response to Mark McCall’s “Is The Episcopal Church Hierarchical?” |
Historian Joan Gundersen, in this 8-page paper from Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh, attacks the revisionist church history promoted by the Anglican Communion Institute and attorney Mark McCall. (See also Gundersen’s earlier essay, “History Revisited: Historical Background of the Proposed Amendment to Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.”) |
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| 05/18/2008 |
Realignment Reconsidered |
Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh issued this document to counter claims about “realignment” coming from the diocese, run by the now deposed Bishop Robert Duncan. More information about the document can be found on the PEP Web site here. |
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| 09/15/2007 |
Undermining the Episcopal Church |
The Rev. Thomas B. Woodward wrote this four-part essay for The Episcopal Majority blog. (The Episcopal Majority is no longer active, but it still offers helpful essays.) Woodward has done a fine job of characterizing the threat to The Episcopal Church, and his essay is available here as a single PDF file. |
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| 08/17/2007 |
Questions on the Current Controversy Facing The Episcopal Church |
This handout was used in Pittsburgh to counter agitation for “realignment” coming from Bishop Robert Duncan and his supporters. It is a 6-page collection of 37 qustions and answers. Although many of the issues dealt with here are specific to the situation of the Diocese of Pittsburgh at the time the document was produced, many others are of a more general nature likely to be helpful in other contexts. |
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| 08/02/2007 |
Rewriting History: Scapegoating The Episcopal Church |
It is perhaps ironic that a Sri Lankan writing in England, Savitri Hensman, whould write such a strong defense of The Episcopal Church and the traditional understanding of the Anglican Communion. This 82-page paper is well-documented and very much worth the time required to read it. |
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| 05/27/2007 |
Evaluating the Draft Covenant |
Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh (PEP) produced this 198-page guide to the draft Anglican covenant being evaluated in the spring of 2007. The PEP document includes the draft covenant itself, as well as related materials and original contributions from PEP. Although additional drafts have been considered since the first one from the Covenant Draft Group, this guide contains material that continues to be relevant. |
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| 04/09/2007 |
All Episcopalians are urged to read this memo from the Episopal Church’s House of Bishops’ Task Force on Property Disputes. |
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| 02/20/2007 |
Initial Statement on the February 2007 Communique from the Primates of the Anglican Communion |
Statement from Via Media USA facilitator on the Dar es Salaam meeting of the Anglican primates. |
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| 10/17/2006 |
Via Media USA advocated that bishops with jurisdiction and standing committees not consent to the consecration of the Rev. Mark Lawrence as Bishop of South Carolina. These are the materials sent to bishops and standing committees. |
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| 10/16/2006 |
No Consents: A Crucial Test for The Episcopal Church |
Essay by Lionel Deimel explaining why the Rev. Mark Lawrence should not receive consents to become the next Bishop of South Carolina. This essay was sent by Via Media USA to all bishops with jurisdiction and standing committees. (Click here for additional information.) |
