| Resolution Number: | 2012-A062 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon II.3.5 [Of the Standard Book of Common Prayer] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That Canon II.3.5 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5. No copy, translation, or edition of the Book of Common Prayer, or a part or parts thereof, shall be made, printed, published, or used as of authority in this Church, unless it contains the authorization of the Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer, certifying that the Custodian or some person appointed by the Custodian has compared the said copy, translation, or edition with the said Standard, or a certified copy thereof, and that it conforms thereto. The Custodian, or some person appointed by the Custodian, may exercise due discretion in reference to translations of the entire Standard Book or parts thereof, into other languages so that such translations reflect the idiomatic style and cultural context of those languages. And no copy, translation, or edition of the Book of Common Prayer, or a part or parts thereof, shall be made, printed, published, or used as of authority in this Church, or certified as aforesaid, which contains or is bound up with any alterations or additions thereto, or with any other matter, except the Holy Scriptures or the authorized Hymnal of this Church, or with material set forth in the Book of Occasional Services and The Proper for the Lesser Feasts and Fasts, as those books are authorized from time to time by the General Convention.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 2012 (New York: General Convention, 2012), p. 581. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music presented its Report #22 on Resolution A062 (Amend Canon II.3.5) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution
(A062)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Canon II.3.5 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5. No copy, translation, or edition of the Book of Common Prayer, or a part or parts thereof, shall be made, printed, published, or used as of authority in this Church, unless it contains the authorization of the Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer, certifying that the Custodian or some person appointed by the Custodian has compared the said copy, translation, or edition with the said Standard, or a certified copy thereof, and that it conforms thereto. The Custodian, or some person appointed by the Custodian, may exercise due discretion in reference to translations of the entire Standard Book or parts thereof, into the Church’s other official languages, so that such translations reflect the idiomatic style and cultural context of those languages. And no copy, translation, or edition of the Book of Common Prayer, or a part or parts thereof, shall be made, printed, published, or used as of authority in this Church, or certified as aforesaid, which contains or is bound up with any alterations or additions thereto, or with any other matter, except the Holy Scriptures or the authorized Hymnal of this Church, or with material set forth in the Book of Occasional Services and The Proper for the Lesser Feasts and Fasts, as those books are authorized from time to time by the General Convention.
Committee Amendment
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Canon II.3.5 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5. No copy, translation, or edition of the Book of Common
Prayer, or a part or parts thereof, shall be made, printed, published, or used
as of authority in this Church, unless it contains the authorization of the
Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer, certifying that the Custodian
or some person appointed by the Custodian has compared the said copy,
translation, or edition with the said Standard, or a certified copy thereof,
and that it conforms thereto. The Custodian, or some person appointed by the
Custodian, may exercise due discretion in reference to translations of the
entire Standard Book or parts thereof, into the
Church’s other official languages, so that such translations reflect the idiomatic
style and cultural context of those languages. And no copy,
translation, or edition of the Book of Common Prayer, or a part or parts
thereof, shall be made, printed, published, or used as of authority in this
Church, or certified as aforesaid, which contains or is bound up with any
alterations or additions thereto, or with any other matter, except the Holy
Scriptures or the authorized Hymnal of this Church, or with material set forth
in the Book of Occasional Services and The Proper for the Lesser Feasts and
Fasts, as those books are authorized from time to time by the General
Convention.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message # 102)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music presented its Report #12 on HB Message #102 on Resolution A062 (Amend Canon II.3.5) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #202)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 11.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music, Reports to the 77th General Convention, 2012, pp. 162-474. |
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| Abstract: | The 77th General Convention amends Canon II.3.5 by adding language to clarify that the Custodian may exercise discretion to ensure that translations of the Standard Book of Common Prayer reflect the idiomatic style and cultural context of the target languages. |