Report of the Eco-Justice Committee : Jubilee
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- Date
- 1997 November 5-7
- Type
- Resolution 29-11-97
- Mover
- Rev. A. Anderson
- Seconder
- Mrs. D. Davies Flindall
- Text of motion
- That the Council of the General Synod endorse the resolution from the Anglican Consultative Council to promote throughout the Anglican Communion and its member Churches the spirit of the Jubilee for the year 2000 by:
- a) "cooperating with other churches, agencies and governments in support of international movements for cancellation of international debt of developing countries by the year 2000; and
- b) seeking, under leadership of their bishops, concrete actions in the local church and in their local context which reflect the spirit of forgiveness and reconciliation implicit in the Biblical Jubilee motif". [ACC X, Panama City, 1996, p. 188]
- Notes
- A request was made that information on the Jubilee be forwarded to COGS members as soon as possible, and this was agreed. A list stating full titles of all acronymns used will also be included.
- Subjects
- Jubilee (Christianity)
- Jubilee (Christianity) - Anglican Church of Canada
- Jubilee (Christianity) - Anglican Communion
- Debts, External - Developing countries - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Debts, External - Developing countries - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Economic justice - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Millennium - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Millennium - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Consultative Council. Meeting (10th : 1996 : Panama City, Panama)