[Magdalen] What General Convention has done so far

[Scott Knitter]

Therefore I don't belong in this church? It's horrible that such a phrase
was uttered. I guess I'm an old man waving his tattered 1979 BCP.

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018, 8:37 PM John Robison <friarjohn00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This Am the HoD approved, after many, many amendments, A069: The Revise the
> Prayer Book.
> I watched the debate, and it was ... calm but there was a rancor in the
> room.
> And, from what I have seen (on the internet) and heard (from friends there)
> that there was a generation gap, and a deep animus (including the words
> "You don't belong in this Church) against the people with any level of
> reticence about the Revision.
> now it's off to the HoB.
>
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 9:32 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm not following General Convention moment by moment, but I am enjoying
> > the use of the Virtual Binder to see up-to-the-minute status of
> > resolutions.
> >
> > What I'm most interested in is actual, positive actions of
> Convention...not
> > any rejections or inactions but actual enactments of things. So far, they
> > are these:
> >
> > A002 To adopt the agenda for this General Convention (pretty standard)
> > A177 To amend the Constitution, Article I, Section 1. Second reading
> > B014 To pay the President of the House of Deputies director's fees for
> > specific tasks
> > X001 To appoint Michael Barlowe as Secretary of General Convention
> > X003 To appoint various people to the Board of Archives
> > X004 To appoint various people to the Board for Transition Ministry
> >
> > That's not a complaint that not much has been done; clearly a lot of work
> > is ahead. And consent calendars sweep away lots of resolutions deemed
> > fairly minor and likely to pass. And there are some big items being
> worked
> > on as we know.
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>
>
>
> --
> The Rev. John R. Robison
>
> The Old Catholic Church, Provence of the United States.
> www.TOCCUSA.org
>
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> uninterestingness as an intellectual position." - John Updike
>
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