| Resolution Number: | 1982-D020 |
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| Title: | Affirm the Lambeth Statement on Non-violent Action for Justice and Peace |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Substituted and Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 67th General Convention of the Episcopal Church reaffirms the statement made by the Anglican Bishops assembled at Lambeth in 1978 and adopted by the 66th General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 1979, calling "Christian people everywhere...to engage themselves in non-violent action for justice and peace and to support others so engaged, recognizing that such action will be controversial and may be personally very costly;" and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention, in obedience to this call, urges all members of this Church to support by prayer and by such other means as they deem appropriate, those who engage in such non-violent action, and particularly those who suffer for conscience's sake as a result; and be it further
Resolved, That this General Convention calls upon all members of this Church seriously to consider the implications for their own lives of this call to resist war and work for peace for their own lives.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-122. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(D020) Not Currently Available
The Committee recommended that a substitute resolution be adopted as amended by the Committee.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #103)
House of Bishops
On the eighth day, the Bishop of Ohio, Chairman of the Committee on National and International Affairs [sic], moved concurrence with HD Message #103 (D-20S).
Seconded by the Bishop of Florida.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #193)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 12.
| Abstract: | The 67th General Convention reaffirms the 1978 Lambeth statement that Christians should engage in and support non-violent action for justice and peace. It urges all Church members to support those engaged in non-violent action and to consider the call to resist war and work for peace. |
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