| Resolution Number: | 1979-A040 |
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| Title: | Prepare a Response to the Consultation on Christian Union |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 66th General Convention of the Episcopal Church hereby recognize the Consultation on Church Union as the principal place in which Episcopalians are called upon and enabled to engage in serious dialogue with the nine constituent Church bodies, both predominantly black and predominantly white, which make up such an important segment of our pluralistic American scene; and be it further
Resolved, That this 66th General Convention receive with thanks the first six chapters of the document, In Quest of a Church of Christ Uniting, dealing with such issues as the nature of Christian unity, the Church as Reformed, Evangelical and Catholic, Church membership, Scripture, Tradition, Creeds, and Worship, including the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and commend these chapters to the theological schools, diocesan ecumenical commissions and selected parishes for a two-year study, asking the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations to receive and collate reports from these groups and present to the General Convention of 1982 a proposed official response from this Church to the Consultation on Church Union.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 1979 (New York: General Convention, 1980), p. C-52. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ecumenical Relations |
House of Bishops
On the fourth day, the Bishop of Kentucky, Chairman of the Committee on Ecumenical Relations, moved the adoption of Resolution A-40 as amended:
Proposed Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 66th General Convention of the Episcopal Church hereby recognizes the Consultation on Church Union as the principal place in which Episcopalians are called upon and enabled to engage in serious dialogue with the nine constituent Church bodies, both predominantly black and predominantly white, which make up such an important segment of our pluralistic American scene; and be it further
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 66th General Convention receive with thanks the first six chapters of the document, In Quest of a Church of Christ Uniting, dealing with such issues as the nature of Christian unity, the Church as Reformed, Evangelical and Catholic, Church membership, Scripture, Tradition, Creeds, and Worship, including the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and commend these chapters to the theological schools, diocesan ecumenical commissions and selected parishes for a two-year study, asking the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations to receive and collate reports from these groups and present to the General Convention of 1982 a proposed official response from this Church to the Consultation on Church Union.
The motion was seconded by the Bishop Suffragan of Dallas.
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #44)
House of Deputies
On the eighth day, the Committee on Ecumenical Relations presented its Report #5 on Resolution A-40, as amended in HB Message #44, and recommended concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #102)
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations, Reports to the 66th General Convention, 1979, pp. AA-33-AA-84. |
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| Abstract: | The 66th General Convention recognizes the Consultation on Church Union as the principal place in which Episcopalians can engage in serious dialogue with its nine constituent Church bodies. It receives with thanks the first six chapters of the document, In Quest of a Church of Christ Uniting. |