The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1979-B115 |
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| Title: | Affirm Ecumenical Participation in Episcopal Church Bodies |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
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Resolved, That the 66th General Convention of the Episcopal Church affirm the importance of ecumenical participation in said national and diocesan bodies, but without vote; and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention direct the Executive Committee of the Episcopal Diocesan Ecumenical Officers to help effect the implementation of this Resolution through the several diocesan ecumenical officers in consultation with their Bishops.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 1979 (New York: General Convention, 1980), p. C-51. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ecumenical Relations |
House of Deputies
On the sixth day, the Committee on Ecumenical Relations presented its Report #1 on Resolution B-115 (Ecumenical Participation at All Levels of Church Life), and recommended adoption with amendment as follows:
Whereas, it is essential to ecumenical dialogue to hear how ecclesiastical bodies other than our own see us by the involvement of ecumenical participants on national and diocesan bodies with seat and voice, where the rules allow; and
Whereas, it is also essential that each individual and corporate body takes responsibility for its own actions; therefore be it
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 66th General Convention of the Episcopal Church affirms the importance of ecumenical participation in said national and diocesan bodies, but without vote; and be it further
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this Convention direct the Executive Committee of the Episcopal Diocesan Ecumenical Officers to help effect the implementation of this Resolution through the several diocesan ecumenical officers in consultation with their Bishops.
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #54)
House of Bishops
On the sixth day, HD Message #54 on B-115 Substitute was received.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #96)
| Abstract: | The 66th General Convention affirms the importance of ecumenical participation without vote in national and diocesan bodies. |
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