Digital Archives

        

The Acts of Convention, 1976-2006
The Acts of Convention is an archive of resolutions of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. The General Convention is the chief policy making body of the Episcopal Church in the United States.

The Resolves of Council, 1976-2007
This archive is an authentic record of all Executive Council resolutions for the period of January 1976 through March of 2007. The Executive Council is the corporate body or board of directors that implements the policies of the General Convention and with the Presiding Bishop oversees generally the work of the Episcopal Church's domestic and foreign mission.

The Living Church, 1995-2001
The Living Church is an electronic archive consisting of all articles, features, and news items gathered in a searchable database. The Living Church is an independent news weekly. The Archives is the repository for the records of the publisher, The Living Church Foundation.

Episcopal Press and News, 1976-2006
Episcopal Press and News consists of articles, features, and news items of the Episcopal Church's national news gathering and dissemination offices. The news releases have been migrated by the Archives from paper to a searchable data base.

The Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church, 2006
The Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church, together with the Rules of Order, adopted and revised in General Convention, 1789-2006.

White & Dykman: The Annotated Constitution and Canons for... The Episcopal Church, 1997
Edwin White and Jackson Dykman's book is the classic analysis of the Church's chief governing document. Also available for review are the supplements to the 1981 printing: the 1989 Supplement, and the 1991 Supplement.

Commentary on the Canons: "Standing Committee Consents to Episcopal Ordinations"
An historical analysis and treatment by Robert C. Royce, Esq.  This paper was first issued in 1994 under the authority of the Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons and the Council for the Development of Ministry.  This 2007 revised version is distributed with the approval of The Episcopal Church's Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons.


Last update July 7, 2008
URL http://www.episcopalarchives.org/digital_archives.html