| Resolution Number: | 2003-A088 |
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| Title: | Report the Church’s Official Response to the Gift of Authority |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That the affirmations noted and the questions raised in the report of the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations be referred to ARCIC for further dialogue; and be it further
Resolved, That the report of the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations on the Gift of Authority be transmitted to the Anglican Communion Office as the official response of this Church.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, 2003 (New York: General Convention, 2004), p. 610f. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ecumenical Relations |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Ecumenical Relations presented its Report #10 on Resolution A088 (Response to Gift of Authority) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A088)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the affirmations noted and the questions raised in the report of the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations be referred to ARCIC for further dialogue; and be it further
Resolved, That the Report of the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations on the Gift of Authority be transmitted to the Anglican Communion Office as the official response of this Church.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #93)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Ecumenical Relations presented its Report #7 on HB Message #93 on Resolution A088 (Response to Gift of Authority) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #219)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, August 7.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations, Reports to the 74th General Convention, 2003, pp. 136-156. |
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| Abstract: | The 74th General Convention refers the report of the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations to ARCIC for further dialogue, and transmits the report on the Gift of Authority to the Anglican Communion Office as the official response of the Church. |