Commission on Marriage and Related Matters (see p.357)
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/official3660
- Date
- 1965 August/September
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Mr. J.W. Graham
- Seconder
- Bishop of Toronto
- Text of motion
- That Part III of Canon XXVII (Marriage and Divorce) (Handbook, p. 152), reading as follows, be repealed:
- "No clergyman within the jurisdiction of The Anglican Church of Canada shall solemnize a marriage between persons either of whom shall have been divorced from one who is living at the time."
- And that the following be enacted as Part III of Canon XXVII:
- PART III - REMARRIAGE OF DIVORCED PERSONS
- 1. No clergyman within the jurisdiction of The Anglican Church of Canada shall solemnize a marriage between persons either of whom shall have had a marriage contracted by him or her terminated otherwise than by annulment by the competent civil authority, so long as the other party to any such marriage is living or deemed to be living.
- 2. Any person who desires to be married by a clergyman within the jurisdiction of The Anglican Church of Canada and who would be denied such desire by reason of Section 1 of this Part may nevertheless apply in writing to the clergyman who it is proposed shall solemnize such marriage for a certificate of the Bishop to whom such clergyman is licensed authorizing such clergyman to solemnize such marriage. Upon receipt of such application the said clergyman shall transmit the same to the said Bishop together with:
- (a) full particulars of all previous marriages, if any, of both of the parties to the intended marriage;
- (b) a certified copy of all decrees, judgements, or enactments terminating all such marriages;
- (c) separate statements signed by each of the parties to the intended marriage setting forth the grounds upon which such party believes that the certificate of the Bishop should issue, and
- (d) the written observations and recommendations of the said clergyman.
- 3. Upon receipt of any such application together with the prescribed supporting documents, the Bishop shall review or cause to be reviewed the same. The Bishop may then require either or both of the parties to the proposed marriage and any other person or persons he may determine to attend before him or his nominee or nominees to answer any questions that may be put. He may also require the submission to him of any documents, writings or other material that he may consider helpful in the consideration of the application.
- 4. If, after investigation, the Bishop determines that the provisions of Section 1 of this Part should be waived, he may issue to the clergyman who it is proposed shall solemnize the proposed marriage his certificate authorizing such clergyman to solemnize such marriage within a period of three months following the date of such certificate, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 of this Part.
- 5. Within a period of three months following the date upon which he solemnizes any marriage authorized by a certificate issued under Section 4 of this Part officiating clergyman shall return such certificate to the Bishop issuing the same having endorsed the particulars of the marriage thereon and signed the same.
- Moved by Mr. J.A. Wynn, seconded by Rt. Rev. R.L. Seaborn,
- That the previous motion of Mr. John W. Graham and the Bishop of Toronto be referred to the Commission on Marriage and Related Matters. CARRIED in the Lower House 110-101; CARRIED in the Upper House 16-13.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution. Canon XXVII
- Marriage - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Divorce - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Remarriage - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada