Report of Council for Social Service - Section VII - The Pastoral Ministry
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- Date
- 1949 September
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Rev. Canon W.H. Davison
- Seconder
- Ven. R.S. Rayson
- Text of motion
- That this General Synod of the Church of England in Canada, conscious of the moral and spiritual nature of the sicknesses by which multitudes of people are distressed, and thankfully aware of the healing ministry with which Our Lord has endowed His Church: hereby stresses the great blessings which are made available through the Church's ministry of Absolution, as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer. It urges upon the clergy the importance of clear teaching on this subject, and the making of such provisions for the exercise of the function of their pastoral ministry, as will enable those who are troubled in mind, whose consciences are by sin accused, to seek and find the benefit of absolution, together with ghostly council and advice, to the quieting of their conscience and avoiding of all scruple and doubtfulness. CARRIED in both Houses.
- Subjects
- Repentance - Anglican Church of Canada
- Absolution - Anglican Church of Canada
- Spiritual healing - Anglican Church of Canada
- Healing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Pastoral ministry - Anglican Church of Canada
- Confession (Liturgy) - Anglican Church of Canada