Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1976-A034
Title: Urge the Church to Act and Plan Ecumenically
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, And in the spirit of the "Lund Principle" approved by our church's delegates and others attending the World Conference on Faith and Order in 1952 and affirmed by the 1968 Lambeth Conference, that the Episcopal Church at every level of its life be urged to act together and in concert with other churches of Jesus Christ in all matters except those in which deep differences of conviction or church order compel us to act separately; and be it further

Resolved, That in all future presentations of budget and program to this General Convention, consideration be given to what efforts have been expended to secure data ecumenically and to plan ecumenically; and be it further

Resolved, That the dioceses be urged to establish a similar policy of ecumenical review and planning.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-91.