| Resolution Number: | 1982-A022 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon IV.10.2 [Deposition for Abandonment of the Communion] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
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Resolved, That Canon IV.10, Sec. 2 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. If such retraction or declaration be not made within six months Prior to the expiration of the six-months period of inhibition, the Bishop may permit such Presbyter or Deacon to utilize the provisions of Canon IV.8. If, however, within such six-months period, the Bishop does not pronounce acceptance of the renunciation of such Minister in accordance with Canon IV.8. or such Minister does not make such retraction or declaration in accordance with notice given under Sec. 1, then it shall be the duty of the Bishop either (i) to depose such Minister from the Ministry and to pronounce and record, in the presence of two or more Presbyters, that he has been so deposed, or (ii), if the Bishop is satisfied that no foregoing irregularity or misconduct is involved, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee of the Diocese, to pronounce and record, in the presence of two or more Presbyters, that such Minister is released from the obligations of the Ministerial office, and that he is deprived of the right to exercise the gifts and spiritual authority as a Minister of God's Word and Sacraments conferred in Ordination for causes which do not affect the person's moral character.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-78. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Canons |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A022)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Canon IV.10, Sec. 2 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. If such retraction or declaration be not made within six months. Prior to the expiration of the six-months period of inhibition, the Bishop may permit such Presbyter or Deacon to utilize the provisions of Canon IV.8. If, however, within such six-months period, the Bishop does not pronounce acceptance of the renunciation of such Minister in accordance with Canon IV.8. or such Minister does not make such retraction or declaration in accordance with notice given under Sec. 1, then it shall be the duty of the Bishop either (i) to depose such Minister from the Ministry and to pronounce and record, in the presence of two or more Presbyters, that he has been so deposed or (ii) if the Bishop is satisfied that no irregularity or misconduct is involved, to pronounce and record, in the presence of two or more Presbyters, that such Minister is deprived of the right to exercise the gifts and spiritual authority as a Minister of God's Word and Sacraments conferred in Ordination for causes which do not affect the person's moral character.
The Committee moved the adoption of Resolution A-22A (Release from Ministry).
Seconded by the Bishop of Connecticut.
Motion carried
(Communicated to House of Deputies in HB Message #13)
House of Deputies
On the sixth day, the Committee on Canons presented its Report #14, on Resolution A-22A (Alternative to Deposition).
The Committee recommended concurrence with House of Bishops Message #13, that the resolution be adopted as amended.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #69)
A motion was made that Report #14 of the [House of Deputies] Committee on Canons be reconsidered.
Motion lost
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 10.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 67th General Convention, 1982, pp. 5-29. |
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| Abstract: | The 67th General Convention amends Canon Title IV.10.2 to permit an alternate to deposition for clergy who for reasons of conscience have come to exercise their ministry in another Communion. |