| Resolution Number: | 1976-B143 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon I.8.7 [Representatives to the Provincial Synod] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That the 65th General Convention amend Title I, Canon 8, Sec. 7 to read:
Each Diocese within the Province shall be entitled to representation in the Provincial House of Deputies by Presbyters or Deacons canonically resident in the Diocese, and Lay Persons, communicants of this Church having domicile in the Diocese, in such number as the Provincial Synod, by Ordinance, may provide...
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-41. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Structure |
House of Deputies
On the Eighth Day, Deputy Worsham (Dallas) presented Report #8 of the Committee on Structure on Resolution B-143 and moved the following:
Whereas, the Ordinal in the Book of Common Prayer provides for the "Form of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating Bishops, Priests and Deacons," indicating that there are three Orders of ordained ministry; and
Whereas, Deacons receive the authority of the deaconate in the Sacrament of Ordination by laying on of hands conferred by Bishops in Apostolic Succession in the Anglican Communion and are thus truly and fully ordained clergy in Holy Orders; and
Whereas, the Constitution and Canons governing the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America refer to Deacons in all respects as being clergy within Holy Orders; and
Whereas, the Provincial Synods of the Episcopal Church strive to be representative of the Dioceses within their boundaries though in fact persons in Deacons' Orders are the only Episcopalians categorically denied representation in the Provincial Synods of which their Dioceses are members; therefore, be it
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, that The 65th General Convention amend Title I, Canon 8, Sec. 7 to read:
"Each Diocese within the Province shall be entitled to representation in the Provincial House of Deputies by Presbyters or Deacons canonically resident in the Diocese, and Lay Persons, communicants of this Church having domicile in the Diocese, in such number as the Provincial Synod, by Ordinance, may provide..."
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #92)
House of Bishops
On the Ninth Day, the Secretary read Message #92 from the House of Deputies on Resolution B-143, Eligibility of Deacons as members of Provincial Synods.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #140)
| Abstract: | The 65th General Convention amends Canon Title I.8.7 to entitle deacons to serve as representatives in the provincial synods. |
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