Resolution Number: 1973-A148
Title: Authorize for Trial Use Lesser Feasts and Fasts
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That this Sixty-Fourth General Convention authorize for optional use, throughout this Church, under the direction of the Bishop of each jurisdiction, that certain document entitled "The Calendar and the Collects, Psalms, and Lessons for the Lesser Feasts and Fasts, Revised Edition", prepared by the Standing Liturgical Commission, published by The Church Hymnal Corporation (and appended to this Report); Provided, that the use of this document be according to the "Table and Rules for the Movable and Immovable Feasts, etc." in the Book of Common Prayer, or according to the rules of "The Calendar of the Church Year", published in Services for Trial Use, as amended and as authorized by this Sixty-Fourth General Convention for trial use, in accordance with the provisions of Clause (b) of Article X. of the Constitution.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Louisville, 1973 (New York: General Convention, 1973), pp. 456-459.
  
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