| Resolution Number: | 2015-A090 | |
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| Title: | Amend Canon III.8.5(g) [Of Ordination of Priests: Theological Education] | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church replace existing Canon III.8.5(g) with the following canon:
CANON III.8.5(g):
Subject areas for studying during this program of preparation shall include:
(1) The Holy Scriptures.
(2) Church History, including the Ecumenical
Movement.History of the Christian Church.
(3) Christian Theology, including Missionary
Theology and Missiology.
(4) Christian Ethics and Moral Theology.
(5) Studies in contemporary society, including
the historical and contemporary experience of racial and minority groups, and
cross-cultural ministry skills. Cross-cultural ministry skills may include the
ability to communicate in a contemporary language other than one's first
language.
(6) (5) Liturgics and
Church Music; Christian Worship and Music according
to the contents and use of the Book of Common Prayer,
and the Hymnal, and authorized supplemental texts.
(7) (6) Theory
and The
pPractice of mMinistry,
including leadership, and the ministries of evangelism and
stewardship.in contemporary society, including leadership,
evangelism, stewardship, ecumenism, interfaith relations, mission theology, and
the historical and contemporary experience of racial and minority
groups.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Salt Lake City, 2015 (New York: General Convention, 2015), pp. 419-420. |
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