The Acts of Convention

House of Deputies

The House of Deputies Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music presented its Report #8 on HD Message #35 on Resolution A061 (Amend Canon II.2) and moved concurrence.

Deputy Garner of Alabama moved to amend the resolution.

Proposed Amendment

Add the words “or the English Standard Version (2001);” after “Common English Bible (2011);”.

Deputy Meyers of Chicago asked the President for a ruling on whether or not the amendment violated Rule 12 of the Joint Rules of Order.

The President ruled that the amendment was in order.

Deputy Holt of Central Florida moved a substitute amendment.

Substitute Amendment

Add “or from the English Standard Version (2007) with the New Oxford ESV Apocrypha (2009);” before “Common English Bible (2011);”.

Deputy Zamboni of New Jersey moved the previous question.

Motion carried

Debate terminated

A vote was taken on the substitute amendment.

Motion carried

Substitute amendment adopted

Deputy Hallas of Chicago moved the previous question.

Motion carried

Debate terminated

A vote was taken on the resolution as amended.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted with Amendment

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #99)

House of Deputies

Deputy Luck of Central New York moved to reconsider Resolution A061 (Amend Canon II.2) as amended. The Chair ruled that, since Deputy Luck had not voted to adopt the resolution as amended on the previous vote, he could not move the reconsideration.

Deputy Houghton of Rochester, who had voted to adopt Resolution A061 as amended on the previous vote, moved that it be reconsidered. It was seconded by a deputy who had also voted in the affirmative.

Deputy Randle of Virginia moved to table the motion to reconsider at a time certain.

Motion defeated

Deputy Pollard of New York moved the previous question.

Motion carried

Debate terminated

A vote was taken on the motion to reconsider at a time certain.

Motion carried

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #100)

The President announced that Resolution A061 would be reconsidered as the first order of business at the next legislative session.

The House of Deputies Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music presented its Report #8 on Resolution A061 (Amend Canon II.2) and moved concurrence.

Deputy King of Western New York moved that the resolution be referred back to Committee.

Motion carried

Resolution re-referred to Committee

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #101)

The House of Deputies Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music presented its Report #28 on Resolution A061 (Amend Canon II.2) and moved to refer the [amended] resolution to a Standing Commission.

Committee Amendment

(A061)

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Canon II.2 be amended to read as follows:

Canon 2: Of Translations of the Bible

The Lessons prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer shall be read from the translation of the Holy Scriptures commonly known as the King James or Authorized Version (which is the historic Bible of this Church) together with the Marginal Readings authorized for use by the General Convention of 1901; or from one of the three translations known as Revised Versions, including the English Revision of 1881, the American Revision of 1901, and the Revised Standard Version of 1952; from the Jerusalem Bible of 1966; from the New English Bible with the Apocrypha of 1970; or from The 1976 Good News Bible (Today’s English Version); or from The New American Bible (1970); or from The Revised Standard Version, an Ecumenical Edition, commonly known as the "R.S.V. Common Bible" (1973); or from The New International Version (1978); or from The New Jerusalem Bible (1987); or from the Revised English Bible (1989); or from the New Revised Standard Version (1989) (1990); or from the Contemporary English Version (1995); or from the Contemporary English Version Global (2005) or from The Message (2002); or from the English Standard Version (2007) with the New Oxford ESV Apocryphal (2009), or from the Common English Bible (2011); or from translations, authorized by the diocesan bishop, of those approved versions published in any other language; or from other versions of the Bible, including those in languages other than English, which shall be authorized by diocesan bishops for specific use in congregations or ministries within their dioceses.

Motion carried

Resolution referred to a Standing Commission

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #362)