LITURGICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

NOTES FOR THE INFORMATION OF GENERAL SYNOD MEMBERS

As stated in the Report of the Liturgical Advisory Committee to the General Synod of 1998 that Committee is in the process of making a revision of the Book of Common Prayer.

The General Synod in 1998 gave general approval to the table of contents of a revised Book of Common Prayer with a projected time-table.

To that end certain Resolutions and Bills have been provided and others are in preparation in the hope that by 2004 a definitive book can be provided.

Four Bills and nine Resolutions are provided this year.

The date of commencement for any Statute arising from such Resolution or Bill shall be such day as may hereafter be appointed by the General Synod, except for Bill No.3 which would come into effect immediately.

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 LITURGICAL RESOLUTIONS 

Resolutions 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

LITURGICAL RESOLUTION No 1

That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 26(1) of Chapter 1 of the Constitution, leave be given for the introduction of a Bill in the General Synod of 2002 to amend that part of the Book of Common Prayer entitled The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony by substituting for the above-mentioned part of the Book of Common Prayer, The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony as set out in the Schedule to this Resolution.

LITURGICAL RESOLUTION No 2

That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 26(1) of Chapter 1 of the Constitution, leave be given for the introduction of a Bill in the General Synod of 2002 to amend the Book of Common Prayer by including therein The Marriage Service as set out in the Schedule to this Resolution.

LITURGICAL RESOLUTION No 3

That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 26(1) of Chapter 1 of the Constitution, leave be given for the introduction of a Bill in the General Synod of 2002 to amend the Book of Common Prayer by including therein A Form of Prayer and Dedication after a Civil Marriage as set out in the Schedule to this Resolution.

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LITURGICAL RESOLUTION No 4

That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 26(1) of Chapter 1 of the Constitution, leave be given for the introduction of a Bill in the General Synod of 2002 to amend that part of the Book of Common Prayer entitled The Order for the Burial of the Dead by substituting for the above-mentioned part of the Book of Common Prayer, The Order for the Burial of the Dead as set out in the Schedule to this Resolution.

LITURGICAL RESOLUTION No 5

That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 26(1) of Chapter 1 of the Constitution, leave be given for the introduction of a Bill in the General Synod of 2002 to amend the Book of Common Prayer by including therein Funeral Services: a. The Funeral Service: b. The Funeral Service for a Child: c. A Form for use in the Home, Funeral Home or Mortuary prior to the Service in Church as set out in the Schedule to this Resolution.

LITURGICAL RESOLUTION No 6

That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 26(1) of Chapter 1 of the Constitution, leave be given for the introduction of a Bill in the General Synod of 2002 to amend the Book of Common Prayer by including therein Sentences of Scripture as set out in the Schedule to this Resolution.

LITURGICAL RESOLUTION No 7

That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 26(1) of Chapter 1 of the Constitution leave be given for the introduction of a Bill in the General Synod of 2002 to provide for a Psalter in contemporary language, namely, the Psalter from Celebrating Common Prayer 1992 as adapted from the Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America 1979 for use in churches of the Church of Ireland.

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LITURGICAL RESOLUTION No 8

That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 26(1) of Chapter 1 of the Constitution, leave be given for the introduction of a Bill in the General Synod of 2002 to amend that part of the Book of Common Prayer entitled The Ministration of Public Baptism of Infants by substituting for the above-mentioned part of the Book of Common Prayer, The Ministration of Public Baptism of Infants as set out in the Schedule to this Resolution.

LITURGICAL RESOLUTION No 9

That, in accordance with the provisions of Section 26(1) of Chapter 1 of the Constitution, leave be given for the introduction of a Bill in the General Synod of 2002 to amend the Book of Common Prayer by including therein Services of Initiation: a. Holy Baptism; b. Receiving into the congregation of those privately baptised; c. The Renewal of Baptismal Vows; d. Confirmation; e. Holy Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Communion - the Structure of the Service; f. Seasonal Variations and Readings as set out in the Schedule to this Resolution.

Liturgical Resolutions 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

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