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- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
11. Committee on Union and Joint Mission
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official4346
- Date
- 1974 February 6-8
- Source
- National Executive Council. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Date
- 1974 February 6-8
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Somerville
- Seconder
- Rayner
- Prologue
- Moved by Wright, seconded by Stiff,
- That the National Executive Council, concurring with the House of Bishops, requests the Committee on Union and Joint Mission to spend more time developing particular alternatives for Joint Mission in accordance with the Lund Principle, and less on promoting Plan of Union.
- Text
- That this Motion be tabled. CARRIED
- Subjects
- Committee on Union and Joint Mission
- Lund Principle
- Christian union - Canada
- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
- Plan of Union
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - United Church of Canada
11. Committee on Union and Joint Mission
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official4347
- Date
- 1974 February 6-8
- Source
- National Executive Council. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Date
- 1974 February 6-8
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Brown
- Seconder
- Stiff
- Text
- That the reports of the Joint Anglican/Roman Catholic Study Commissions on Ministry and The Eucharist be circulated, for information and study, to the United Church and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and to members of the Committee on Union and Joint Mission. CARRIED
- Subjects
- Agreed Statement on Eucharistic doctrine. 1971
- Agreed Statement on Ministry and Ordination. 1973
- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
- Christian union - Canada
- Christian union - Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada
- Christian union - United Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - United Church of Canada
The Acting Primate
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official5081
- Date
- 1970 September 24
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press Release
- Text
- The Most Rev. W.L. Wright, Archbishop of Algoma, has been Acting Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, following the resignation of the Most Rev. H.H. Clark.
- As senior Archbishop in the Church, he will preside until the election of a new Primate at the Church's General Synod in Niagara Falls next January.
- Archbishop Wright, 65, celebrated his 25th anniversary as a Bishop last year. He is the third generation in direct line of clergy serving in Ontario.
- From the See City of Sault Ste. Marie, he has been the Metropolitan of Ontario since 1955. The area, which corresponds roughly to the Province of Ontario geographically, is made up of seven Dioceses - Toronto, Huron, Niagara, Ottawa, Ontario, Algoma and Moosonee.
- Well-known abroad, Archbishop Wright has represented the Anglican Church at world conferences. His travels have taken him to India, Sweden, the Middle East and Formosa. He is one of the few Bishops in the world to have attended three Lambeth Conferences of the Anglican communion in 1948, 1958 and 1968.
- A strong advocate of Church union, he is Co-Chairman of the General Commission on Church Union talks between the Anglican and United Churches and the Church of Christ (Disciples).
- He was ordained a Priest in 1927 and his first appointment was as curate in St. George the Martyr in Toronto. From 1926 to 1940 he served in a number of cities in the Province, including Christ Church Cathedral in Hamilton.
- Archbishop Wright went to Sault Ste. Marie in 1940 and three years later was enthroned as the sixth Bishop of the Diocese.
- He holds honorary doctorate degrees from Wycliffe College, Toronto; Huron College, London; Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec; Montreal Diocesan College, Toronto's Trinity College and Laurentian University in Sudbury.
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- Subjects
- Wright, William Lockridge, 1904-1990
- Anglican Church of Canada. Primate
- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (25th : 1971 : Niagara Falls, Ont.)
Amendment to Terms of Reference Inter-Church/Inter-Faith Relations Committtee
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official823
- Date
- 1989 June 15-23
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 45
- Mover
- Rt. Rev. A. Goodings
- Seconder
- Rev. J.A.J. Cowan
- Text
- That this General Synod adopt the following Terms of Reference of the Inter-Church/Inter-Faith Relations Committee:
- The Committee shall:
- a) promote an understanding of the essential unity of the Church universal and of the religious pluralism of Canada and the world;
- b) carry out and foster harmonious relations between the Anglican Church of Canada and
- i churches with which the Anglican Church of Canada is in full visible communion including provinces of the Anglican Communion,
- ii Christian churches with which the Anglican Church of Canada is not in full visible communion, and
- iii other living faiths;
- c) maintain relationships with the Anglican Consultative Council, Canadian Council of Churches, World Council of Churches and other inter-church or inter-faith bodies, including the nomination to National Executive Council of representatives to such bodies;
- d) recommend policy proposals to the General Synod with regard to the foregoing;
- e) develop a budget for its areas of responsibility;
- f) consult as necessary with other national committees; and
- g) maintain liaison with the House of Bishops and committees of the Anglican Church of Canada as appropriate. CARRIED WITHOUT DEBATE Act 45
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. Inter-Church and Inter-Faith Relations Committee - Terms of reference
- Christianity and other religions - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ecumenical movement - Anglican Church of Canada
- Religious pluralism - Canada
- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
Amendment to the Amendment
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official3387
- Date
- 1969 August
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Bishop of Calgary
- Seconder
- Bishop of Kootenay
- Text
- That, having received through the House of Bishops the request of the General Commission on Church Union for a revision of the present ecclesiastical discipline to permit occasions for reciprocal Inter-communion: this General Synod respectfully requests the Diocesan Bishops of The Anglican Church of Canada to permit Anglicans and members of other Christian Churches to share in Eucharistic practice with the full knowledge and consent of the proper authorities.
- Voting proceeded by Orders on the amendment. Clergy, seventy for, thirty-five against. Laity, seventy-seven for, twelve against. Upper House, twenty-four for, ten against. The amendment as amended was then put to the House.
- Clergy, eight-two for, twenty-one against. Laity, seventy-eight for, eleven against. Upper House, twenty-five for, nine against. The motion as amended was put to the House.
- Clergy, eighty-four for, nineteen against. Laity, seventy-nine for, eleven against. Upper House, twenty-six for, nine against. CARRIED in both Houses.
- Subjects
- Intercommunion
- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
- General Commission on Church Union
- Lord's Supper and Christian union
- Lord's Supper - Admission to - Anglican Church of Canada
[Anglican Clergy to Observe Canonical Laws Despite Discussions of Ecumenical Union]
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official5318
- Date
- 1967 January 14
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press Release
- Text
- Deviations from church discipline and practice arising out of ecumenical enthusiasm are a matter of concern to the Anglican Church of Canada.
- The church has played an important role in bringing about a relaxation of tensions that for centuries have been divisive religious factors. But its bishops stress that negotiations with other churches have union and full communion as their objective and until this is attained Anglican clergy and laity should observe canonical laws and regulations.
- In connection with marriages of Anglicans and non-Anglicans the House of Bishops has reaffirmed that Anglican clergy may accept invitations to participate in services in other communions provided that no breach of the matrimonial discipline of the Anglican Church of Canada is involved.
- The House of Bishops recognizes that the instruction on mixed marriages issued in Rome last March by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith represents a real effort by the Roman Catholic Church to solve some of the problems involved in this difficult question. However, the bishops feel that the instruction does not really succeed in meeting the Anglican viewpoint.
- Therefore, in the case of a marriage in a Roman Catholic church involving an Anglican who has given a pre-nuptial undertaking respecting the nurture of children in the Roman Catholic faith, the participation of an Anglican priest is not permitted. Such participation, by the terms of the Rome decree, is limited to a post-service exhortation and word of goodwill. If the Anglican party to the marriage has made no pre-nuptial agreement, the regulation does not apply and each case must be dealt with individually.
- At the marriage of an Anglican and a member of another communion in an Anglican church, a non-Anglican priest or minister may be invited to assist, reading from the Anglican marriage service such prayers as are generally allowed by diocesan bishops.
- To meet increasing pressures for inter-communion and to regularize practices that have developed in some churches, the Anglican House of Bishops has modified regulations concerning the administration of Holy Communion to unconfirmed persons. The bishops stipulate, however, that Anglican clergy are not authorized to issue any open invitation to Holy Communion.
- The new ruling, to be used by diocesan bishops at their discretion, would permit Holy Communion to be administered to the following baptized persons of other communions:
- Isolated communicants who have no regular opportunity of receiving the sacrament from their own ministers; staff members and pupils in hostels, boarding schools and colleges where there is a chapel in which the eucharist is celebrated; staff and inmates or patients of institutions in which there is an Anglican chaplaincy; Christian people gathered together for dialogue and prayer for the unity of Christendom; tourists and travellers attending Anglican churches; members of families, some non-Anglican, who on special occasions wish to receive the Holy Communion together.
- Generally speaking, Anglican clergy do not refuse communion to any baptized persons, but in some cases they inquire into the communicant status of individuals.
- Subjects
- Canon law - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy
- Interchurch marriage - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - Catholic Church
- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ecumenical movement - Anglican Church of Canada
- Intercommunion
- Lord's Supper - Admission to - Anglican Church of Canada
The Anglican Council of North America and the Caribbean
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- Date
- 1973 April 30 - May 2
- Source
- House of Bishops. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Archbishop Davis
- Seconder
- Bishop Arnold
- Prologue
- The subject of Church Union was widely discussed. The Primate reported that no executive action will be taken at General Synod. It was reported the Issue Group tried to have the name 'Church Union' changed to 'Church Unity', but the attempt was too late - the material had been sent to the printers. Archdeacon Light enumerated Unity resource material to be supplied General Synod delegates.
- Text
- "That we request the Chair to appoint a small committee to draft a suggested resolution for consideration of this House dealing with the manner in which the Anglican Church of Canada will deal with submissions from Anglican Dioceses, Parishes, etc., regarding the Plan of Union." CARRIED
- Notes
- It was agreed that the House of Bishops, at the Fall meeting, study the Plan of Union and the Agenda Committee was requested to arrange for same.
- The Primate introduced a problem confronting Bishop Burch concerning a Mar Thoma Church clergyman operating in his Diocese. After discussion, it was generally agreed that Bishop Burch would have the support of the House in authorizing clergyman of Mar Thoma Church to officiate in his Diocese.
- Subjects
- Plan of Union
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - United Church of Canada
- Christian union - Canada
- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
- Burch, Gerald (Gerald William), 1911-2003
- Mar Thoma Syrian Church - Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - Mar Thoma Syrian Church
Anglicanism and reunion
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog7291
- Author
- Hettlinger, Richard Frederick, 1920-1995
- Publication Date
- 1952
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- BX 5129.5 H47 1952
- Place
- Toronto ON
- Publisher
- Wycliffe College
- Publication Date
- 1952
- Physical_Description
- ix, 54 p. ; 23 x 15 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "By R.F. Hettlinger, M.A., Professor of Systematic Theology, Wycliffe College, Toronto".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "The three lectures here printed for private circulation were originally delivered at a conference of clergy representing the dioceses of Athabaska, Calgary, Edmonton, Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, and Saskatoon, under the chairmanship of the Primate of All Canada (at that time the Bishop of Edmonton). ..... These lectures were only one part of the programme. Two presentations of each subject were given -- the first in each case by my friend Dr. E.R. Fairweather of Trinity College, and the second immediately after by myself. The two sets of lectures will shortly be published together, and this will serve to explain one serious omission or lack of balance in the papers here printed. .... I have been concerned to present to members of my own Church what I believe to be the convincing grounds upon which we should adopt a generous and humble policy towards non-episcopal Communions in our desire to share with them, in a united Church, our heritage of historic succession". -- Intro.
- Contents: Dedication -- Introduction dated Wycliffe, College, Toronto, February 1952 -- Apostolic Succession -- The Catholic Church -- Reunion and Intercommunion.
- Colophon: Printed by University of Toronto Press.
- Subjects
- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
- Christian union - Anglican Communion
- Church of England - Relations - Catholic Church
- Anglican Communion - Relations - Catholic Church
- Anglican Communion - Relations - Protestant churches
- Ministry and Christian union
- Apostolic succession and Christian union
- Episcopacy and Christian union
- Ecumenical movement - Anglican Communion - 20th century
- Intercommunion - Anglican Communion
- Call Number
- BX 5129.5 H47 1952
- Location
- General Synod Archives
Anglicanism and Reunion
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/3068
- Author
- Hettlinger, Richard Frederick, 1920-1995
- Publication Date
- 1952
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- JR86 .H26
- Place
- Toronto
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date
- 1952
- Physical_Description
- ix : 54 p.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subjects
- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
- Christian union - Anglican Communion
- Church of England - Relations - Catholic Church
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- JR86 .H26
Anglicanism and the principles of Christian unity
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog7292
- Author
- Kingston, Temple (Frederick Temple), 1925-
- Publication Date
- 1972
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- BX 5129.5 K55 1972
- Place
- Windsor ON
- Publisher
- Canterbury College, University of Windsor
- Publication Date
- 1972
- Physical_Description
- x, 38 p. ; 21.5 x 14 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[E]dited by Temple Kingston".
- "Printed by the University of Windsor 1972".
- "Canterbury College has had an ecumenical outlook ever since its foundation in 1957 as an Anglican affiliate of the Roman Catholic Assumption University which later became the non-denominational University of Windsor. It is appropriate, therefore, that this first booklet to be published by the College is on the subject, 'Anglicanism and Principles of Christian Unity'. In recent years, many branches of the Anglican Communion have been discussing Christian Unity. In Great Britain there have been the Anglican-Methodist talks; in the United States the Commission on Church Union, which includes several denominations; and in Canada 'The Principles of Union' have been presented as a basis for union between the United Church of Canada and the Anglican Church of Canada. These essays are concerned mainly with the Canadian discussions. They point out some areas where problems have arisen, and indicate how such problems might be solved". -- Foreword.
- Contents: Foreword / Carman J. Queen, Bishop of Huron -- Introduction dated Canterbury College, Windsor, Ontario, April 28th, 1972 / F.T.K.-- Principles of Church Union / Lord Fisher of Canterbury i.e. Geoffrey Fisher -- The Canadian "Principles of Union" / Eric L. Mascall -- Anglicanism and Ecumenism / John Macquarrie -- Ecumenical Dialogue and Phenomenological Perspective / Temple Kingston.
- OTCH copy inscribed: "To Archbishop Scott with my best wishes, Temple Kingston".
- Added Entry
- Canterbury College (Windsor, Ont.)
- Fisher, Geoffrey Francis, 1887-1972
- Macquarrie, John, 1919-2007
- Mascall, E.L. (Eric Lionel), 1905-1993
- Subjects
- Christian union - Anglican Communion - 20th century
- Christian union - Canada
- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
- Principles of Union
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - United Church of Canada
- Ecumenical movement - Anglican Communion - 20th century
- Ecumenical movement - Anglican Church of Canada
- Call Number
- BX 5129.5 K55 1972
- Location
- General Synod Archives