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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.
This is a list of Church of England measures, which are the legislation of the Church of England. Some of these measures may have been repealed. Since 1970, measures have been made by the General Synod; prior to then they were made by its predecessor, the Church Assembly. Under the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c.
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]
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)
Church of England Act and Church of England Measure (with its many variations) are a stock short titles used for legislation. Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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]
On February 15, 2005, the General Synod of the Church of England decided to abolish the system of parson's freehold, gradually replacing it with a system entitled common tenure, which would apply to all clerics equally, removing the present distinction between those with freehold and those without. Under common tenure, the present proposal is ...