| Resolution Number: | 1982-A044 |
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| Title: | Establish Conditions of Clergy Participation in Ecumenical Eucharists |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this 67th General Convention require that whenever a Priest or Bishop of this Church shall be the celebrant or one of the celebrants at any ecumenical service of the Eucharist, the elements used are those used by our Lord himself, namely bread and wine, that our Lord's Words of Institution be used, that the said Priest or Bishop join in the consecration of the gifts in a joint celebration, that any of the blessed elements remaining at the end of the service be reverently consumed, and that the service be authorized by the diocesan Bishop; and be it further
Resolved, That these regulations shall govern participation of the Clergy of this Church in all ecumenical services of the Eucharist involving Churches with which this Church is not yet in full communion, including Interim Eucharistic Fellowship with the Churches of the Consultation on Church Union and common, joint celebrations of the Eucharist with the Lutheran Churches.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-53. |
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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
Original Text of Resolution:
(A044)
Whereas, ecumenical progress raises the increasing possibility of authorization by General Convention of various levels of eucharistic sharing between this Church and other Churches; therefore be it
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 67th General Convention require that whenever a Priest or Bishop of this Church shall be a celebrant or one of the concelebrants at any ecumenical service of the Eucharist, the elements used are those used by our Lord himself, namely bread and wine, that our Lord's Words of Institution be used, that the said Priest or Bishop join in the consecration of the gifts in a joint celebration, that any of the blessed elements remaining at the end of the service be reverently consumed, and that the service be authorized by the diocesan Bishop; and be it further
Resolved, That these regulations shall govern participation of the clergy of this Church in all ecumenical services of the Eucharist involving Churches with which this Church is not yet in full communion, including Interim Eucharistic Fellowship with the Churches of the Consultation on Church Union and common, joint celebrations of the Eucharist with the Lutheran Churches.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
Line 2, to read:
"shall be the celebrant" instead of "a celebrant."
Line 3:
change "concelebrants" to read "celebrants."
The Committee moved adoption of Resolution A-44a.
Seconded by the Bishop of Western North Carolina.
Motion carried
(Communicated to House of Deputies in HB Message #41)
House of Deputies
On the ninth day, the Chairman of the Committee on Ecumenical Relations presented Report #7 and recommended that the House concur with Message #41 of the House of Bishops on Resolution A-44A (Shared Eucharists).
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #224)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 13.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations, Reports to the 67th General Convention, 1982, pp. 41-69. |
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| Abstract: | The 67th General Convention adopts guidelines for Episcopal clerical participation in ecumenical Eucharists. |