Marriage and Related Matters
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- Date
- 1980 June
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 69
- Mover
- Rev. Dr. G. Cotter
- Seconder
- Chancellor H.R.S. Ryan
- Text of motion
- That this Synod affirms
- that Christian Marriage is a way of the Spirit
- through which God speaks to the hearts of men and women
- and by means of which
- the wholeness of human sexuality is offered to God;
- this Synod therefore
- enjoins upon the dioceses, parishes and people of the Church
- that in this new decade they attend seriously,
- by teaching and example, to the good news
- that human sexuality is made holy in the married state;
- this Synod draws special attention
- to creative forms of marriage preparation
- engagement encounter and marriage encounter,
- and to marriage enrichment programs,
- and, for those in the grief of marriage breakdown,
- to the healing power of the Spirit in the Church's ministry. CARRIED ACT 69
- Subjects
- Marriage - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Marriage counselling - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Sex - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada