Resolution Number: | 1979-C043 | |
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Title: | Prepare a Revision to the Canon on Deposition From the Ministry | |
Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended | |
Final Text: |
Resolved, That this 66th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, mindful of the Church's commitment to the healing of divisions in the Body of Christ, instruct the Commission on Constitution and Canons to prepare for future presentation a canonical alternative to deposition for those clergy, ordained in the Church, who, for reason of conscience, have come to exercise their ministry in another Communion.
Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 1979 (New York: General Convention, 1980), p. C-78. |
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