The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1997-B011 |
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| Title: | On the Topic of Canon on Ordination to the Priesthood |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Referred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolution Referred. See Legislative History for original text of resolution.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), p. 211. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rt. Rev. Stewart C. Zabriskie |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ministry |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(B011)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Canon III.7.10(b) be amended as follows:
Two years from admission as a Candidate, and one year from ordination to the Diaconate, unless the Bishop, for urgent reasons fully stated, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee, shall shorten the time. In no case shall a Deacon in training for priesthood be ordained Priest within one year from admission as a Candidate for Holy Orders, nor less than six months from ordination to the Diaconate.
One year from ordination to the Diaconate, unless the Bishop, with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee, shall shorten the time. When it is deemed in the best interest of diocesan missionary strategy, this period may be shortened to no less than one day.
Motion carried
Resolution referred to an interim body
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #219)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Ministry presented its Report #33 on HB Message #219 on Resolution B011 (Amend Canon III.7.10(b): Diaconate may be shortened to One Day), moved the resolution, and recommended concurrence with referral to an interim body.
Motion carried
The House concurred
Resolution referred to an interim body
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #355)
Resolution Referred.
| Abstract: | The 72nd General Convention refers to an interim body a resolution to amend Canon III.7.10 to an interim body. |
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