| Resolution Number: | 1976-A036 |
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| Title: | Authorize Trial Use of an Ecumenical Eucharistic Liturgy |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 65th General Convention authorize, subject to the approval of the several diocesan bishops, for trial use in special circumstances of ecumenical worship or for use in special study sessions, that certain document entitled An Order of Worship for the Proclamation of the Word of God and the Celebration of the Lord's Supper, published by the Forward Movement Publications and copyright 1968 by the Executive Committee of the Consultation on Church Union; provided, that an ordained Priest of this Church is the celebrant, or one of the celebrants at a con-celebrated service; and provided further, that the rubric on page 25 of said document concerning the reverent disposition of the blessed Elements be scrupulously observed.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-82. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Joint Commission on Ecumenical Relations |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ecumenical Relations |
House of Bishops
On the Third Day, the Bishop of West Missouri, Chairman of the Committee on Ecumenical Relations moved the adoption of the following Resolution (A-36):
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, that this 65th General Convention authorize, subject to the approval of the several diocesan bishops, for trial use in special circumstances of ecumenical worship or for use in special study sessions, that certain document entitled An Order of Worship for the Proclamation of the Word of God and the Celebration of the Lord's Supper, published by the Forward Movement Publications and copyright 1968 by the Executive Committee of the Consultation on Church Union; provided, that an ordained Priest of this Church is the celebrant, or one of the celebrants at a con-celebrated service; and provided further, that the rubric on page 25 of said document concerning the reverent disposition of the blessed Elements be scrupulously observed.
The motion was seconded by the Bishop of Arizona.
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #41)
House of Deputies
On the Eleventh Day, the Secretary read Message #41 from the House of Bishops.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #195)
| Report Reference: | Joint Commission on Ecumenical Relations, Reports to the 65th General Convention, 1976, pp. AA-69-AA-111. |
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| Abstract: | The 65th General Convention authorizes for trial use, An Order of Worship for the Proclamation of the Word of God and the Celebration of the Lord's Supper. |
| Notes: | See resolution 1979-A041 for an action of the 1979 General Convention which reaffirms this liturgy for trial use. The original text of resolution 1976-A036, as it appears in the report of the Joint Commission on Ecumenical Relations in Journal, 1976, cites page 35 as the location of the rubric concerning the disposition of elements. |