c. Deacons and Supplementary Ministries. page 21.
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- Date
- 1961 September 28 - 30
- Source
- House of Bishops. Minutes
- Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Bishop of Ottawa
- Seconder
- Bishop of Niagara
- Prologue
- In his Report, the Bishop quoted the Resolutions 88/91 of the Lambeth Conference 1958, and gave various instances of the way in which the Office of Deacon is regarded in various sections of the Church. Appended to the Report, which was one of progress, was an article on Deacons from the Dictionary of Doctrinal and Historical Theology.
- In discussion which followed the Bishops of Toronto and Niagara spoke of the use made by them of Perpetual Deacons who were either retired or presently engaged in lay-work. It was generally agreed that these men should be on the Clergy List but not members of the Pension Fund. The men working in Toronto and Niagara are voluntary and receive no remuneration. When asked about the movement to some other diocese and the steps taken in such a case, it was reported that, so far, this matter had not arisen.
- (c) The Bishop of Ontario spoke of the need for greater care in the issuing of Letters Dimissory but he did not advocate issuing them in respect of Deacons. In response to a question asked by the House of Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, there was some discussion on the administration of the chalice by laymen and the Bishop of Niagara expressed the desire for a Commission to assist in an over-all Canadian system, but not a system which would make it necessary to ordain a man Deacon to have his assistance in the administration of Holy Communion.
- Text of motion
- That we request the Committee on Deacons and Supplementary Ministries to continue their study, and received reports from Dioceses in Canada and elsewhere in which men have been ordered Deacons who remain in secular work and assist a Parish Priest on Sundays, with reference to the conditions of their preparation and selection, the Committee to report at the next meeting of this of this House of Bishops. CARRIED.
- Notes
- A further question from the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada "Should a Deacon be given permission to administer the Holy Communion to the sick in their homes?" was deferred until the Committee had again reported.
- Subjects
- Deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy - Licensing
- Lord's Supper - Anglican Church of Canada - Lay administration