(Marriage) canon amended.Marriage between people who have previously lived in the same household, or who still do live in the same household and where one has been treated by the other as a child or parent, will be prohibited, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a key amendment to the Anglican marriage canon. The amendment was given first reading at General Synod The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. Church of England In the Church of England, General Synod was instituted in 1970 and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had in July. (Before the amendment can be officially enacted, it must pass second reading at General Synod 2004.) The amendment arose when synod delegates who were concerned about coercion between members of blended families, spoke out during the debate concerning proposed changes to the marriage canon. Synod also agreed to adopt the federal government's rule forbidding marriage within blood or adoptive a·dop·tive adj. 1. a. Of or having to do with adoption. b. Characteristic of adoption. 2. Related by adoption: relationships, replacing the "Table of Kindred KINDRED. Relations by blood. 2. Nature has divided the kindred of every one into three principal classes. 1. His children, and their descendants. 2. His father, mother, and other ascendants. 3. and Affinity" in the Book of Common Prayer. |
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