No decision on unions.A diocese of Ottawa task force set up three years ago to study the implications of the blessing of same-sex unions did not recommend any action but said the issue depends on whether it is treated as doctrine. The report was presented to the diocesan executive committee on Oct. 6 by the group, which was given its task by the diocesan synod In the Anglican Communion, the model of government is the 'Bishop in Synod', meaning that a diocese is governed by a bishop acting with the advice and consent of representatives of the clergy and laity of the diocese. in October, 2002. The 19-page document referred to the "rapidly changing milieu" of society, including the legalization LEGALIZATION. The act of making lawful. 2. By legalization, is also understood the act by which a judge or competent officer authenticates a record, or other matter, in order that the same may be lawfully read in evidence. Vide Authentication. of same-sex marriage in Canada On July 20, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the approval of the Civil Marriage Act. Court decisions, starting in 2003, had already legalized same-sex marriage in eight out of ten provinces and one of three , the consecration of a bishop in the United States who is in a same-sex relationship and referral of the matter by the Canadian General Synod of 2004 to a theological committee. Making it difficult for task force members to "sustain our collective energy for this task," said the report, were developments in recent months at the global primates' meeting, "strongly-worded criticisms from the international community," and the impact of the Windsor Report and 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 . The latter, released by the Primate's Theological Commission in May, 2005, said the blessing of same-sex unions should be considered a matter of doctrine, but not "core" or "creedal cree·dal also cre·dal adj. Of or relating to a creed. Adj. 1. creedal - of or relating to a creed credal " doctrine. Crosstalk |
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