(ix) Correspondence
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/official8673
- Date
- 1963 October 4-6
- Source
- House of Bishops. Minutes
- Type
- Resolution
- Seconder
- Archbishop of British Columbia
- Prologue
- 8. Letters from the Provincial Synod of Canada (Archdeacon Marston) and the General Synod (Archdeacon Maddocks) forwarding resolutions requesting permission for the Liturgical use of the New English Bible."
- The provincial Synod Resolution:
- "Be it resolved that we respectfully petition the House of Bishops to give consideration to authorizing the liturgical use of the New English Bible."
- The General Synod Resolution (sponsored by Brigadier A.E.M. Bell Irving) and referred by General Synod to the House of Bishops:
- "Be it resolved that this General Synod calls to the attention of the Prayer Book revision committee the New English Bible recently published, and suggests that consideration be given by the Committee to the adoption of this translation for all quotations from the New Testament in subsequent editions of the Canadian Book of Common Prayer; and that similar consideration be given in regard to quotations from the Old Testament as and when the Old Testament of the New English Bible becomes available."
- Text of motion
- "That the subject of the liturgical use of the New English Bible, as proposed by the Provincial Synod of Canada and Brigadier A.E.M. Bell Irving, in his resolution presented to General Synod in 1962, and referred by it to the House of Bishops; and the related question of the use in statutory services of the revised Standard Version and other Versions and paraphrases of the Bible, be referred to a Committee of the House of Bishops to be named by the Primate, for study and report through the Upper House, to the next session of General Synod.
- Notes
- The Primate later named this Committee on Liturgical use of Versions of Scripture: the Bishop of Kootenay (Convenor) the Bishop of Montreal and the Assistant Bishop of Newfoundland.
- Subjects
- Bible - Liturgical use - Anglican Church of Canada
- Bible. English - Versions - New English Bible
- Anglican Church of Canada. House of Bishops. Committee on Liturgical Use of Versions of Scripture