The Episcopal News Service's contemporary press release, number 021111-01, on the 10 February 2011 service at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, formally inaugurating full communion between the Episcopal Church and the Moravian Church's Northern and Southern Provinces, naming the officiants, describing the joint liturgy, and giving the 2009 General Convention approval and the 2010 Moravian synod votes, including the Southern Province's 121 to 74 vote.
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The Episcopal Church's own official news service reporting contemporary on the denomination's own agreement, tier 2 for a primary institutional account of the service's date, officiants and approval history, corroborated by the independent Christian Century account below. NotesUsed for the exact date, location, officiants, liturgy details, and the General Convention and synod approval history.
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PublisherEpiscopal News Service
Publication Year2011
URLhttps://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=021111-01
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This source names Bethlehem directly: "service at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, formally inaugurating full communion between the Episcopal Church and the Moravian Church's Northern and Southern Provinces, naming the..."
This source names Moravian Church directly: "10 February 2011 service at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, formally inaugurating full communion between the Episcopal Church and the Moravian Church's Northern and Southern..."
This source names Pennsylvania directly: "Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, formally inaugurating full communion between the Episcopal Church and the Moravian Church's Northern and Southern Provinces, naming the..."
This source names The Episcopal Church directly: "inaugurating full communion between the Episcopal Church and the Moravian Church's Northern and Southern Provinces, naming the officiants, describing the joint liturgy, and giving the 2009 General..."
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