Local Ecumenism
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- Date
- 1989 June 15-23
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 48
- Mover
- Rev. J.A.J. Cowan
- Seconder
- Rev. A.M. Barnett-Cowan
- Text of motion
- That this General Synod recognize the importance of local ecumenism, call on all levels of the church to take seriously the Lund Principle that the churches should "act together in all matters except those in which deep differences of conviction compel them to act separately", and urge dioceses which have not done so to appoint Ecumenical Officers and to share news of local ecumenical activity with the national Ecumenical Office. CARRIED WITHOUT DEBATE Act 48
- Subjects
- Lund Principle
- Ecumenism - Canada
- Ecumenism - Anglican Church of Canada
- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ecumenical movement - Anglican Church of Canada
- Interdenominational cooperation