| Resolution Number: | 1991-A119 |
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| Title: | Authorize Standards and Processes for Considering Amendments to the Calendar |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 70th General Convention reaffirm the criteria approved at the 69th General Convention (1988) for consideration of individuals or groups to be included in the calendar of the Church year; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention direct the Standing Liturgical Commission to expand the present criteria to set forth guidelines for the determination of exceptions. Specifically, the concept of martyrdom shall be defined in terms applicable to qualifications for inclusion in the calendar. The guidelines should set forth those standards, conditions, and qualities of martyrdom which may be exceptional in terms of including candidates in the calendar before fifty years has passed since the date of their death; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention direct the Standing Liturgical Commission to promulgate the criteria, for consideration of individuals or groups to be included in the calendar of the Church year, to the Church at large, and specifically, to communicate the criteria to those who propose candidates to the Standing Liturgical Commission; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention direct the Standing Liturgical Commission to review the processes and procedures by which the calendar may be amended, including local commemorations and removal of names, and to report its findings and recommendations to the 71st General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That all requests for consideration of individuals or groups, to be included in the calendar of the Church year, shall be submitted to the Standing Liturgical Commission for evaluation and subsequent recommendation to the next General Convention for acceptance or rejection. The Standing Liturgical Commission, is to be solely responsible for historical enquiry and for providing all materials for consideration of the candidate or candidates.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 824. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Liturgical Commission |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Prayer Book and Liturgy |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A119)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the General Convention propose additional commemorations for inclusion in the Calendar of the Church Year and authorize trial use thereof for the triennium 1991-1994, as follows:
| January 30 | Charles Stuart, King of England and Scotland | |||
| February 18 | Martin Luther, Reformer | |||
| July 19 | Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Reformers | |||
| July 31 | Ignatius of Loyola, Monastic and Founder of the Society of Jesus (transferring the commemoration of Joseph of Arimathea to August I) | |||
| September 4 | Paul Jones, Bishop of Utah and Peace Advocate | |||
| September 10 | Alexander Crummell, Priest | |||
| September 17 | Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Mystic | |||
| November 6 | William Lawrence, Bishop of Massachusetts | |||
| December 29 | Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Proposed Committee Substitute:
Resolved, The House of Deputies concurring, That the 70th General Convention reaffirm the criteria approved at the 69th General Convention (1988) for consideration of individuals or groups to be included in the calendar of the Church year; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention direct the Standing Liturgical Commission to expand the present criteria to set forth guidelines for the determination of exceptions. Specifically, the concept of martyrdom shall be defined in terms applicable to qualification for inclusion in the calendar. The guidelines should set forth those standards, conditions, and qualities of martyrdom which may be exceptional in terms of including candidates in the calendar before fifty years has passed since the date of their death; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention direct the Standing Liturgical Commission to promulgate the criteria for consideration of individuals or groups to be included in the calendar of the Church year to the Church at large, and specifically, to communicate the criteria to those who propose candidates to the Standing Liturgical Commission; and be if further
Resolved, That the General Convention direct the Standing Liturgical Commission to review the processes and procedures by which the calendar may be amended, including local commemorations and removal of names, and to report its finding and recommendations to the 71st General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That all requests for consideration of individuals or groups to be included in the calendar of the Church year shall be submitted to the Standing Liturgical Commission for evaluation and subsequent recommendation to the next General Convention for acceptance or rejection. The Standing Liturgical Commission is to be solely responsible for historical enquiry and for providing all materials for consideration of the candidate or candidates.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #299)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Prayer Book and Liturgy presented its Report #30 on House of Bishops Message #299 relating to Resolution A119s (Authorize Commemorations for Trial Use 1991-1994) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #370)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 20.
| Report Reference: | Standing Liturgical Commission, Reports to the 70th General Convention, 1991, pp. 224-287. |
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| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention reaffirms the criteria for consideration of individuals or groups for inclusion in the Church Calendar and requests criteria and guidelines for the determination of exceptions concerning the candidacy for a commemoration. |