The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1997-A019 |
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| Title: | Enact a Suspension of the Prayer Book Restriction to Qualify for Holy Orders |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 72nd General Convention of the Episcopal Church, having affirmed in the Concordat of Agreement the full authenticity of existing ordained ministries in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, having reached fundamental agreement in faith with the same Church, and having agreed that the threefold ministry of Bishops, Presbyters, and Deacons in historic succession will be the future pattern of the one ordained ministry shared corporately within the two Churches in full communion, hereby enact a temporary suspension, in this case only, of the seventeenth-century restriction that "no persons are allowed to exercise the offices of Bishop, Priest, or Deacon in this Church unless they are so ordained, or have already received such ordination with the laying on of hands by Bishops who are themselves duly qualified to confer Holy Orders," as set forth in the Preface to the Ordination Rites (Book of Common Prayer 510; and be it further
Resolved, That this resolution shall take effect on January 1, 2001, after adoption on second reading at the 73 General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That this resolution be sent within six months to the Secretary of the Convention of every diocese, to be made known to the Diocesan Convention at its next meeting.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), p. 102. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ecumenical Relations |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A019)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 72nd General Convention of the Episcopal Church, having affirmed in the Concordat of Agreement the full authenticity of existing ordained ministries in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, having reached fundamental agreement in faith with the same church, and having agreed that the threefold ministry of bishops, presbyters, and deacons in historic succession will be the future pattern of the one ordained ministry shared corporately within the two churches in full communion, hereby enact a temporary suspension, in this case only, of the seventeenth-century restriction that "no persons are allowed to exercise the offices of bishop, priest, or deacon in this Church unless they are so ordained, or have already received such ordination with the laying on of hands by bishops who are themselves duly qualified to confer Holy Orders," as set forth in the Preface to the Ordination Rites (Book of Common Prayer 510).
Proposed Committee Amendment:
At the end of the resolution, add "and be it further
Resolved, that this resolution shall take effect on January 1, 2001, after adoption on second reading at the 73rd General Convention."
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #25)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Ecumenical Relations presented its Report #2 on HB Message #25 on Resolution A019a (Enact Temporary Suspension of Ordinal), moved the resolution, and recommended concurrence, with amendment.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
add the following:
and be it further
Resolved, that this resolution be sent within six months to the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese, to be made known to the Diocesan Convention at its next meeting.
Motion carried
The House concurred with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #78)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Ecumenical Relations presented its Report #8 on HD Message #78 on Resolution A019a (Enact Temporary Suspension of Ordinal), moved the resolution, and recommended concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #78)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 19.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations, Reports to the 72nd General Convention, 1997, pp. 83-121. |
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| Abstract: | The 72nd General Convention enacts a temporary suspension of the Prayer Book restriction on the qualifications for Holy Orders provided that the General Convention of 2003 confirm the vote on a second reading. |