| Resolution Number: | 1976-A040 |
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| Title: | Commend the Anglican-Roman Catholic Statement on Ministry and Ordination |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this General Convention receive with gratitude the Statement, welcoming the substantial agreement it expresses. As did the International Commission and the national Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission in the United States, we see our faith and the faith of our Church in the Statement; and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention commend the Statement to our representatives in other unity discussions and to the Church at large for study and evaluation.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-81. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Joint Commission on Ecumenical Relations |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ecumenical Relations |
House of Bishops
On the Second Day, the Bishop of West Missouri, Chairman of the Committee on Ecumenical Relations moved the adoption of Resolution A-40 as follows:
Original Text of Resolution:
(A040)
Whereas, the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission is making a significant contribution to the quest for mutual recognition and reunion of the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church; and
Whereas, that Commission has now issued a consensus statement on Ministry and Ordination; therefore, be it
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, that this General Convention receive with gratitude the Statement, welcoming the substantial agreement it expresses. As did the International Commission and the national Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission in the United States, we see our faith and the faith of our Church in the Statement; and be it further
Resolved, that this Convention commend the Statement to our representatives in other unity discussions and to the Church at large for study and evaluation.
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #11)
House of Deputies
On the Eighth Day, Deputy O'Leary (Western Michigan) presented Report #7 of the Committee on Ecumenical Relations regarding Resolution A-40 and moved its adoption in order to concur with House of Bishops Message #11.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #79)
| Report Reference: | Joint Commission on Ecumenical Relations, Reports to the 65th General Convention, 1976, pp. AA-69-AA-111. |
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| Abstract: | The 65th General Convention receives with gratitude the consensus statement on ministry and ordination of the ARCIC and commends it to representatives in other unity discussions and to the Church for study. |
| Notes: | The ARCIC statement on ministry and ordination is entitled "Ministry and Ordination: A Statement on the Doctrine of the Ministry" and can be found in "Annex III" of the Report of the Joint Commission on Ecumenical Relations, Journal, 1976, p. AA-97ff. |