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Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us, just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent The-oph’ilus, that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have been informed. -- Luke 1:1-4

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TEC’s Diocese of Western Louisiana “Affirms” Covenant

Presumably, the Diocese of Western Louisiana will be seen to have “endorsed” the Ridley Draft of the Covenant (see previous post). Thanks to Greg Griffith of Stand Firm for the tip about this article in The Living Church.

The Diocese of Western Louisiana’s 30th annual convention has affirmed the Ridley Cambridge Draft of the Anglican Covenant. The convention met Oct. 9-10 in Alexandria, La.

The Rt. Rev. D. Bruce MacPherson, the diocese’s bishop since 2002, is among the founding bishops of Communion Partners...

“This will bring further recognition of our diocese as a part of the Episcopal Church (TEC), as a constituent member of the Anglican Communion, and in communion with the See of Canterbury. When I shared with the Archbishop of Canterbury last month the plans for a resolution of this nature, he responded favorably,” the bishop said.

+MacPherson said that he believes the diocese needs to remain within TEC, but he also said

“...in the months ahead, and depending upon the direction taken by the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion, we could well be faced with making a choice of being either provincially oriented or Communion oriented — for it is clear we cannot be both,” he said. “We know who we are, and we cannot claim to be part of a catholic body and then seek to exercise ‘local option’ over crucial issues.”

There appears to be some doubt that the convention actually did endorse the Covenant. Delegate Joe Roberts, who voted for the resolution, says in his blog

...after reading the precise language of the amended Saint Mark’s Cathedral resolution as recorded by the convention secretary (language that the delegates did not see printed and which was read to the delegates as a previous printed text was being amended), I think that we did little more than confirm that we support the adoption of “an Anglican covenant” as the next step in the ongoing Windsor process.

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