Council settles wording on doctrine question: several motions on sexuality expected.STAFF Mississauga, Ont. Delegates to 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 2007 will face this resolution in six months: "That General Synod accept the conclusions of the Primate's Theological Commission that the blessing of same-sex unions is doctrine but is not core doctrine in the sense of being creedal cree·dal also cre·dal adj. Of or relating to a creed. Adj. 1. creedal - of or relating to a creed credal ." The phrasing of the resolution, which will be among several others that are likely to be presented to General Synod when the issue of sexuality is debated, was approved by the Council of General Synod (COGS These are all the Cogs found in Disney's Toontown Online. Names that are moved forward are leaders of the HQ of that specific Cog type. Bossbots
The question of whether the blessing of same-sex unions is a matter of doctrine was raised during the debate at General Synod 2004 on a resolution that sought to allow dioceses to offer blessing ceremonies to gay couples. The resolution, which would have provided the so-called "local option," was deferred until General Synod 2007. General Synod members subsequently asked the Primate's Theological Commission, headed by Bishop Victoria Matthews The Rt. Rev. Victoria Matthews is the first female bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada, and is currently the Bishop of Edmonton. Bishop Matthews became a deacon in 1979 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1980. of the diocese of Edmonton, to give its opinion on the question. The commission released its conclusion, called the St. Michael Report The Report of the Primate's Theological Commission of the Anglican Church of Canada on the Blessing of Same-Sex Unions (commonly known as the St. Michael Report, after the Oakville, Ontario convent of the Community of the Sisters of the Church where it was prepared) was the , in spring 2005. CoGS deferred action until its spring meeting on what resolution ought to come after members vote on the conclusion of the St. Michael Report. They were given two options: "A resolution declaring that matters of non-core doctrine (in the sense of being noncreedal) may be addressed by resolutions of the Synod," and "A resolution declaring that the question is sufficiently important that it needs to be addressed by a two-thirds majority in each order, over two synods." The Faith, Worship and Ministry Committee also recommended to CoGS the order in which the sexuality question would be considered by General Synod, which will meet in Winnipeg June 19 to 25: The St. Michael Report would be presented first, then the deferred motion, and then the Windsor Report. Meanwhile, CoGS asked the Windsor Report Response Group to revise its report on the Anglican Church of Canada's response to the Windsor Report, published by the Lambeth Commission on Communion. The Commission, created to arrest schism schism, in religion: see heresy; Schism, Great. within the Anglican Communion Anglican Communion, the body of churches in all parts of the world that are in communion with the Church of England (see England, Church of). The communion is composed of regional churches, provinces, and separate dioceses bound together by mutual loyalty as over the issue of sexuality, had made several recommendations on how to deal with the issue and achieve reconciliation between opposing churches. A summary of the draft report will be posted at the Anglican Church of Canada's Web site, www.anglican.ca. |
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