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The Prayer Book, Memorialization, and Communion Across Difference, Part III

EDITORIAL This is the final part of my three-part essay on these matters. Part I discussed the resolutions proposed by the Task Force on Communion...

Committee Divides on Prayer Book Redefinition

General Convention’s Committee on Constitution and Canons issued a rare split decision on a major issue at its first in-person meeting on June 22.

The Weight of the BCP at General Convention

This year’s General Convention will consider a second reading of a revision to Article X of the Constitution. It would be very unwise for General Convention to pass this revision.

Debunking Myths and Avoiding Episcopal Overreach: Conducting Clergy Searches According to the Canons

Consider the following scenarios: A Search Committee is told they must wait patiently for a list of rector candidates from the diocese. They are not...

Title IV Must Be Revised

Years ago, I was discussing retirement with a bishop who had retired after a 25-year episcopate. “I got out just in time,” he said....

A Proposal for the 81st General Convention

Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part 4 By Matthew S. C. Olver This is the final essay in my four-part series on the place of...

An Explanation and an Exploration of 2022-A059

Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part Three By Matthew S. C. Olver General Convention Resolution 2018-A068 directed the Task Force on Liturgical and Prayer Book...

A Summary of the Authorization of Liturgical Texts

Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part 2 By Matthew S. C. Olver This is the second essay in my series on Resolution 2022-A059, the first...

The Book of Common Prayer in TEC’s Constitution

Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part 1: By Matthew S. C. Olver In July of 2022, the 80th General Convention passed Resolution 2022-A059, the first...

The Prayer Book as a Constitutional Document

Debate over Resolution A059 (Amend Article X of the Constitution of The Episcopal Church) has brought attention to a fundamental question for Episcopalians, namely,...

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