| Resolution Number: | 2003-B006 |
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| Title: | Continue Ecumenical Dialogue with Other American Episcopal Churches |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the General Convention receive with thanksgiving the start of ecumenical dialogue with the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) and the Anglican Province of America (APA), occasioned by Resolution D047 of the 73rd General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That the 1940 Report of the Committee on Approaches to Unity of the Episcopal Church and the Report submitted to the Bishops of the Anglican Communion by this Church concerning the validity of Holy Orders of the Reformed Episcopal Church be referred to the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations for study during the 2004–2006 triennium and that the Commission report back to the 2006 General Convention on the validity of Holy Orders of the Reformed Episcopal Church.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, 2003 (New York: General Convention, 2004), p. 591. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rt. Rev. Edward L. Salmon Jr. (South Carolina) |
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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 #5 on Resolution B006 (Dialogue with Reformed Episcopal Church) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(B006)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the General Convention receive with thanksgiving the start of ecumenical dialogue with the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) and the Anglican Province of America (APA), occasioned by Resolution D047 of the 73rd General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That the 1940 Report of the Committee on Approaches to Unity of the Episcopal Church and the Report submitted to the Bishops of the Anglican Communion by this Church concerning the validity of Holy Orders of the Reformed Episcopal Church be referred to the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations for study during the 2004–2006 triennium and that the Commission report back to the 2006 General Convention on the validity of Holy Orders of the Reformed Episcopal Church.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #59)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Ecumenical Relations presented its Report #4 on HB Message #59 on Resolution B006 (Dialogue with Reformed Episcopal Church) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #194)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, August 7.
| Abstract: | The 74th General Convention supports ecumenical dialogue with the Reformed Episcopal Church and the Anglican Province of America, and recommends study of the validity of Holy Orders of the Reformed Episcopal Church. |
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