| Resolution Number: | 2000-A077 |
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| Title: | Commend and Urge the Study of the Publication by the End-of-Life Task Force |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention accept with thanks the work of the End-of-Life Task Force and its publication, Faithful Living, Faithful Dying: Anglican Perspectives on Care at the End-of-Life; and be it further
Resolved, That this 73rd General Convention urge every diocese and congregation, as well as seminaries and clergy, to study the theological and ethical issues that arise near the end-of-life, giving strong consideration to the use of Faithful Living, Faithful Dying: Anglican Perspectives on Care at the End-of-Life (Morehouse), the book developed by the End-of-Life Task Force for this purpose.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 442. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on National Concerns |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Education |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A077)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 73rd General Convention accept with thanks the work of the End-of-Life Task Force and its publication, Faithful Living, Faithful Dying: Anglican Perspectives on Care at the End-of-Life; and be it further
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention endorse and support an educational program that will encourage every diocese and congregation, as well as seminaries and clergy, to engage with the theological and ethical issues that arise near the end-of-life, giving strong consideration to the use of Faithful Living, Faithful Dying: Anglican Perspectives on Care at the End-of-Life (Morehouse), the book developed by the End-of-Life Task Force for this purpose.
Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 73rd General Convention accept with thanks the work of the End-of-Life Task Force and its publication, Faithful Living, Faithful Dying: Anglican Perspectives on Care at the End-of-Life; and be it further
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention urge every diocese and congregation, as well as seminaries and clergy, to study the theological and ethical issues that arise near the end-of-life, giving strong consideration to the use of Faithful Living, Faithful Dying: Anglican Perspectives on Care at the End-of-Life (Morehouse), the book developed by the End-of-Life Task Force for this purpose.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #12)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Education presented its Report #7 on HB Message #12 on Resolution A077 (Commend Diocesan and Congregational Study of End-of-Life Issues) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #56)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 7.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on National Concerns, Reports to the 73rd General Convention, 2000, pp. 333-367. |
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| Abstract: | The 73rd General Convention commends and urges study of the publication by the End-of-Life Task Force titled, Faithful Living, Faithful Dying: Anglican Perspectives on Care at the End-of-Life. |