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
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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.
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