Resolution Number: 1997-A074
Title: Approve Alternative Psalters for Study and Use
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred as Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 72nd General Convention approve for study and occasional use, under the direction of the Diocesan Bishop or Ecclesiastical Authority, The Liturgical Psalter: Text for Study and Comment (Liturgy Training Publications, 1994) and Psalter for the Christian People by Gail Ramshaw and Gordon Lathrop (Liturgical Press, 1993).

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), p. 575.

Legislative History

Author: The Standing Liturgical Commission
Originating House: House of Bishops
Originating Committee: Committee on Prayer Book and Liturgy

House of Bishops

Original Text of Resolution:

(A074)

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 72nd General Convention approve for study and occasional use, under the direction of the diocesan bishop or ecclesiastical authority, The Liturgical Psalter: Text for Study and Comment (Liturgy Training Publications, 1994) and Psalter for the Christian People by Gail Ramshaw and Gordon Lathrop (Liturgical Press, 1993)

Motion carried

Resolution adopted

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #42)

House of Deputies

The Committee on Prayer Book and Liturgy presented its Report #1 on HB Message #42 on Resolution A074 (Supplemental Liturgical Materials: Texts for Study and Use), moved the resolution, and recommended concurrence.

Motion carried

The House concurred

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #122)

Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 20.

Report Reference:   Standing Liturgical Commission, Reports to the 72nd General Convention, 1997, pp. 251-300.
Abstract:   The 72nd General Convention approves alternative psalters for study and use.