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A Measure passed by the National Assembly of the Church of England to confer upon the Ecclesiastical Commissioners power to establish and fix parochial tables of fees for the performance of church offices and matters incidental thereto: to amend the Glebe Lands Act, 1888, [s] and to make applicable to future sales under that Act the provisions ...
Church of England Pensions (Amendment) Measure 2009; Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2010; Church of England Marriage (Amendment) Measure 2012; Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2014; Church of England (Pensions) (Amendment) Measure 2015 (repealed) Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2018
A sexton is an officer of a church, congregation, or synagogue charged with the maintenance of its buildings and/or an associated graveyard. In smaller places of worship, this office is often combined with that of verger. [1] Larger establishments, such as cathedrals, may employ a team of sextons. [2]
By virtue of the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976, with effect from 1 April 1978 all glebe land of the Church of England, which until then had belonged to the individual incumbents of benefices, became vested "without any conveyance or other assurance" in the Diocesan Board of Finance of the diocese to which the benefice belonged, even if the ...
The Church of England permitted the use of alternative burial services for people who had died by suicide. In 2017, the Church of England changed its rules to permit the full, standard Christian burial service regardless of whether a person had died by suicide. [168]
Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2010 (Appointed Day No. 1) Instrument 2010 (No. 2) Vacancies in Suffragan Sees and Other Ecclesiastical Offices Measure 2010 (Appointed Day No. 2) Instrument 2010 (No. 3)
The Church of England on Tuesday will take the first step towards overhauling its safeguarding system to make it independent of the religious institution, seeking to restore confidence following ...
Before the passage of the Synodical Government Measure 1969, this function was undertaken by the National Assembly of the Church of England. [ 2 ] The current procedure depends on the content of the measure and is set out in the Synodical Government Measure 1969 - draft measures are presented and approved before being sent to Parliament.