| Resolution Number: | 1976-A051 |
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| Title: | Recommend That Dioceses Establish and Fund Ecumenical Committees |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 65th General Convention commends those dioceses in which Diocesan Ecumenical Commissions/Committees have been established and funded, and recommends that such Commissions/Committees be established and funded in every diocese so that all might join the ecumenical network that has been created in our Church.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-88. |
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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 Second Day, the Bishop of West Missouri, Chairman, moved the adoption of the following Resolution A-51:
Original Text of Resolution:
(A051)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, that the 65th General Convention commends those dioceses in which Diocesan Ecumenical Commissions/Committees have been established and funded, and recommends that such Commissions/Committees be established and funded in every diocese so that all might join the ecumenical network that has been created in our Church.
Seconded by Bishop Gordon
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #17)
House of Deputies
On the Eighth Day, Deputy O'Leary (Western Michigan) presented Report #13 of the Committee on Ecumenical Relations and moved that the House concur with House of Bishops Message #17.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #83)
| 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 commends dioceses which have established ecumenical commissions or committees and recommends that such groups be established in every diocese. |