| Resolution Number: | 1976-C058 |
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| Title: | Urge Educational Programs on Church-State Relationships and War |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
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Resolved, That the Executive Council be urged to develop continuing educational programs on these topics and to make them available to the congregations and seminaries of this Church.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-135. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Bishops
On the Fifth Day the Bishop Coadjutor of Washington, Chairman of the Committee on National and International Affairs [sic], moved the adoption of the following Resolution (C-58):
Whereas, the teaching of Christian and moral positions on the waging of war and on church-state relationships has tended to be neglected in peacetime and emotionally disputed in wartime; and
Whereas, in an era of proliferating nuclear armament these topics are critically important to an effective Christian witness; now therefore, be it
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, that the Executive Council be urged to develop continuing educational programs on these topics and to make them available to the congregations and seminaries of this Church.
The motion was seconded by the Bishop of West Texas.
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #75)
House of Deputies
On the Ninth Day, Deputy Lloyd (Central Pennsylvania), Chairman of the Committee on National and International Problems presented Report #22 of the Committee on Resolution C-58, Development of a Program of Education on War and On Church-State Relationships, and moved its adoption in order to concur with House of Bishops Message #75 with amendment.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #107)
| Abstract: | The 65th General Convention urges educational programs on the topics of war and church-state relationships. |
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