'Not the nuptial blessing'.The bishops of the diocese of Toronto are proposing that "a limited number of parishes" be given episcopal permission to offer prayers and blessing "but not the nuptial nup·tial adj. 1. Of or relating to marriage or the wedding ceremony. 2. Of, relating to, or occurring during the mating season: the nuptial plumage of male birds. n. blessing" to same-sex couples "in stable, long-term, committed relationships." The bishops, who outlined their proposal at a Jan. 29 meeting of the diocesan council, said they plan to conduct an extensive consultation process and would present the guidelines for implementing the proposal at the diocese's synods in May and in November. A bishop's commission will be formed to formulate the guidelines. The process could take a year, the diocesan bishop A bishop in charge of a diocese. These are to be distinguished from suffragan bishops, assistant bishops, coadjutor bishops, Auxiliary Bishops, or metropolitans or primates. of Toronto, Colin Johnson Colin Johnson is the current Anglican Bishop of Toronto. He is an alumnus of Trinity College in the University of Toronto. The Right Reverend Colin Robert Johnson is the 11th Diocesan Bishop of Toronto [1]. , told the Toronto Star The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., a division of Star Media Group, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. . The bishops said that the proposal was well within the parameters recommended by the house of bishops, which in 2007 declared that they were committed to "develop the most generous pastoral response possible within the current teaching of the church." The bishops said that clergy may celebrate a eucharist and intercessory in·ter·ces·sion n. 1. Entreaty in favor of another, especially a prayer or petition to God in behalf of another. 2. Mediation in a dispute. prayers with a same-sex couple, but not pronounce a nuptial blessing. No rite will be developed or authorized in the diocese of Toronto's case, said the bishops. Just what form the prayers or. blessing would take has yet to be determined, said Bishop Johnson. The Web site of the Toronto Anglican, the diocesan newspaper, said that Bishop Johnson had emphasized that "any movement towards the recognition of same-sex unions as marriage or the approval of authorized liturgical rites would fall under the purview The part of a statute or a law that delineates its purpose and scope. Purview refers to the enacting part of a statute. It generally begins with the words be it enacted and continues as far as the repealing clause. of General Synod and not diocesan authority." STAFF |
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