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The following draft Bill will be debated during
this years General Synod. For further information on amendments and
passage through General Synod please contact the General Synod Press Office.
BILL NO 4
Explanatory Memorandum
A collection of those of the ‘occasional prayers’ and
thanksgivings from the 1926 edition of the Book of Common Prayer and
Alternative Prayer Book which merit being retained in the new
edition of the Book of Common Prayer.
REV CANON RB ROUNTREE
VERY REV MAJ BURROWS
(at the request of the General Synod)
Bill
To carry into effect a Resolution of the General Synod of 2002 to
amend that part of the Book of Common Prayer entitled Prayers and
Thanksgivings by substituting, for the above-mentioned part of the
Book of Common Prayer, Some Prayers and Thanksgivings from earlier
editions of the Book of Common Prayer or from Alternative Prayer
Book as set out in the accompanying
Schedule.
WHEREAS a Resolution to amend that part of the Book of Common
Prayer entitled Prayers and Thanksgivings by substituting, for the
above-mentioned part of the Book of Common Prayer, Some Prayers and
Thanksgivings from earlier editions of the Book of Common Prayer or
from Alternative Prayer Book as set out in the accompanying
Schedule
was duly passed in full Synod assembled in Dublin in the year 2002
by the required majorities, and was duly transmitted to the
Secretaries of all Diocesan Synods;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the said Resolution shall be
carried into effect by a Statute;
AND WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of section 26(1) of
Chapter 1 of the Constitution leave was given for the introduction
of a Bill in the General Synod of 2003;
BE IT ENACTED by the Archbishops and Bishops and the Clergy and
Laity of the Church of Ireland in General Synod assembled in Dublin
in the year 2003, and by the authority of the same as follows:
- In the Book of Common Prayer for that part entitled Prayers
and Thanksgivings there shall be substituted for the
above-mentioned part of the Book of Common Prayer, Some Prayers
and Thanksgivings from earlier editions of the Book of Common
Prayer or from Alternative Prayer Book as set out in the
accompanying
Schedule.
- The provisions of section 1 and of the
Schedule to this
Statute shall come into force on such day or days as may hereafter
be appointed by the General Synod.
Click here for the Schedule to Bill No. 4
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