| Resolution Number: | 2018-D046 |
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| Title: | Encourage Development of Inclusive-Language Liturgies |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention authorize continuing use of Enriching Our Worship 1: The Daily Office, Great Litany, and Eucharist; Enriching Our Worship 2: Ministry with the Sick and Dying and Burial of a Child; Enriching Our Worship 3: Burial Rites for Adults together with a Rite for the Burial of a Child; Enriching Our Worship 4: The Renewal of Ministry and the Welcoming of a New Rector or other Pastor; and Enriching Our Worship 5: Liturgies and Prayers Related to Childbearing, Childbirth, and Loss; and be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention direct the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to develop principles for the use of inclusive and expansive language in liturgical texts, to report these principles to the 80th General Convention, and to follow these principles in all revisions of liturgical resources and in the development of any new liturgical resources; and be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention encourage each diocese to identify an individual or body to encourage the development of liturgical texts to provide expansive language resources, particularly resources that reflect the breadth of cultures, languages, and ancestral contexts already represented in The Episcopal Church; and to report on their work to the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music for inclusion in its report to the 80th General Convention.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 622. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rev. Debra Bennett |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music presented its Report #29 on Resolution D046 (Expansive-Language Liturgical Resources) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(D046)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 79th General Convention authorize continuing use of Enriching Our Worship 1: The Daily Office, Great Litany, and Eucharist; Enriching Our Worship 2: Ministry with the Sick and Dying and Burial of a Child; Enriching Our Worship 3: Burial Rites for Adults together with a Rite for the Burial of a Child; Enriching Our Worship 4: The Renewal of Ministry and the Welcoming of a New Rector or other Pastor; and Enriching Our Worship 5: Liturgies and Prayers Related to Childbearing, Childbirth, and Loss; and be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention encourage the use of translations of the Psalter that use inclusive and expansive language; and be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention direct the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to develop principles for the use of inclusive and expansive language in liturgical texts, to report these principles to the 80th General Convention, and to follow these principles in all revisions of liturgical resources and in the development of any new liturgical resources; and be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention encourage the use of inclusive and expansive language within existing authorized resources, including but not limited to the Book of Common Prayer and Enriching Our Worship, by replacing masculine-gendered language for God with feminine or neutral language; and be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention encourage the grassroots development of liturgical texts to provide expansive language resources, particularly resources that reflect the breadth of cultures, languages, and ancestral contexts already represented in The Episcopal Church; and to share those resources with the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music for evaluation for inclusion in official liturgical resources.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 79th General Convention authorize continuing use of Enriching Our Worship 1: The Daily Office, Great Litany, and Eucharist; Enriching Our Worship 2: Ministry with the Sick and Dying and Burial of a Child; Enriching Our Worship 3: Burial Rites for Adults together with a Rite for the Burial of a Child; Enriching Our Worship 4: The Renewal of Ministry and the Welcoming of a New Rector or other Pastor; and Enriching Our Worship 5: Liturgies and Prayers Related to Childbearing, Childbirth, and Loss; and be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention encourage the use
of translations of the Psalter that use inclusive and expansive language; and
be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention direct the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to develop principles for the use of inclusive and expansive language in liturgical texts, to report these principles to the 80th General Convention, and to follow these principles in all revisions of liturgical resources and in the development of any new liturgical resources; and be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention encourage the use
of inclusive and expansive language within existing authorized resources,
including but not limited to the Book of Common Prayer and Enriching Our
Worship, by replacing masculine-gendered language for God with feminine or
neutral language; and be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention encourage each diocese to
identify an individual or body to encourage the grassroots
development of liturgical texts to provide expansive language
resources, particularly resources that reflect the breadth of cultures,
languages, and ancestral contexts already represented in The Episcopal Church;
and to report on their work to share those resources with the
Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music for evaluation for
inclusion in its report to the 80th General Convention official
liturgical resources.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #189)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music presented its Report #18 on HB Message #189 on Resolution D046 (Expansive-Language Liturgical Resources) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #365)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 12.
| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention authorizes continued use of Enriching our Worship, directs the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to develop principles for using inclusive and expansive language in liturgical texts, and encourages dioceses to develop diverse liturgical resources. |
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