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The Washington Chapter of the American Anglican Council
The
revision of the disciplinary canons of ECUSA, Title IV, is scheduled
for completion at the General Convention in June 2006. One easily
overlooked implication of this revison is that it extends the canons
to include the laity, thereby giving a bishop the power to dissolve
a vestry simply by ruling that all the vestry members are excommunicated
for disciplinary reasons, without reference to the local clergy.
Relevant documents: Article
by Brad Drell, lawyer; January 22, 2006. Note highlighted comments
on page 2. Overview
by David Virtue, based on Drell's February article; March 14, 2005. Living Church article, with comments from TitusOneNine Proposed
Revision of Title IV, full document, January 6, 2005 Comments from TitusOneNine February 20-21, 2006
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