| Resolution Number: | 2012-A158 |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article VIII [Ordination Requisites--Second Reading] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the last paragraph of Article VIII of the Constitution is amended by the addition of a final sentence as follows:
No minister of such a Church ordained by other than a Bishop, apart from any such ministers designated as part of the Covenant or Instrument by which full communion was established shall be eligible to officiate under this Article.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 2012 (New York: General Convention, 2012), p. 729. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Ministry |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Ministry presented its Report #31 on Resolution A158 (Amend Article VIII of the Constitution [Second Reading]) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution
(A158)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the last paragraph of Article VIII of the Constitution is amended by the addition of a final sentence as follows:
No minister of such a Church ordained by other than a Bishop, apart from any such ministers designated as part of the Covenant or Instrument by which full communion was established shall be eligible to officiate under this Article.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message # 177)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Ministry presented its Report #35 on HB Message #177 on Resolution A158 (Amend Article VIII of the Constitution [Second Reading]) and moved concurrence.
The President called on the Voting Secretary to conduct the Vote By Orders.
A Vote By Orders was taken.
Results of Vote By Orders on Resolution A158
| Type | Total | Necessary | Yes | No | Divided | No+Divided | Result |
| Lay: | 110 | 56 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Carried |
| Clergy: | 111 | 56 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Carried |
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #374)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 12.
| Abstract: | The 77th General Convention amends Article VIII of the Constitution by requiring clergy of Churches in full communion to be ordained by a bishop with exceptions noted. |
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