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The General Synod is the tricameral deliberative and legislative organ of the Church of England. The synod was instituted in 1970, replacing the Church Assembly, and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had started in the 1850s.

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General Synod of the Church of England

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The General Synod is the tricameral deliberative and legislative organ of the Church of England. The synod was instituted in 1970, replacing the Church...

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Church of England

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each diocese are local parishes. The General Synod of the Church of England is the legislative body for the church and comprises bishops, other clergy...

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List of Church of England measures

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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)...

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General Synod

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The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. The General Synod of the Church of England, which was established in...

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Rosie Harper

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Harper is a member of the General Synod of the Church of England and Chaplain to Alan Wilson, the Bishop of Buckingham. A vicar at Church of St Peter and St...

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Sixteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

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The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, commonly referred to as the synod on synodality, is an ongoing synod of bishops of the Catholic...

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Derek Pattinson

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secretary-general of the General Synod of the Church of England from 1972 until 1990. Pattinson was born at Barrow-in-Furness, the only child of civil servant...

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Philip Mawer

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of the General Synod of the Church of England. Philip Mawer was born in Kingston upon Hull in 1947. He was educated at Hull Grammar School and the University...

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Anglican Church in North America

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its synod on October 13, 2015. In 2010, the General Synod of the Church of England affirmed "the desire of those who have formed the Anglican Church in...

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Common Worship

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Worship is the name given to the series of services authorised by the General Synod of the Church of England and launched on the first Sunday of Advent in...

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Appointment of Church of England bishops

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dean of the diocese's cathedral Two archdeacons The diocese's representative members of the General Synod of the Church of England Members of the diocesan...

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Deanery synod

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the Church of England and other Anglican churches, a deanery synod is a synod convened by the Rural Dean (or Area Dean) and/or the Joint Lay Chair of...

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Bishop of Sherborne

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the General Synod of the Church of England for twelve years. Karen Gorham was consecrated as bishop on 24 February 2016 at Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop...

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Paula Gooder

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2015, she was an elected member of the General Synod of the Church of England. Since 2011, she has been a member of the Anglican–Roman Catholic International...

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Jayne Ozanne

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March 2017. "Appointment of members to the Archbishops' Council" (PDF). Church of England. General Synod of the Church of England. 2004. Retrieved 16 March...

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Church Commissioners

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by the General Synod of the Church of England, or appointed by either the archbishops or the Crown. The board of governors is composed of all of the commissioners...

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Inclusive Church

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the General Synod of the Church of England elections taking place later that year. The campaign aimed to "work against discrimination" in the Church of...

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Ordination of women in the Anglican Communion

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deacons only. The Anglican Church of Australia General Synod legislated that women could be ordained as deacons (1985) and priests (1992) and the Appellate...

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English Covenant

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However, in the same year, the General Synod of the Church of England failed to secure the required two-thirds supermajority in the House of Clergy, even...

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Synod of Dort

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The Synod of Dort (also known as the Synod of Dordt or the Synod of Dordrecht) was a European transnational Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618–1619, by the...

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Convocations of Canterbury and York

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The Convocations of Canterbury and York are the synodical assemblies of the bishops and clergy of each of the two provinces which comprise the Church...

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House of Bishops

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Diocesan synod General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod of the Church of England House of Bishops (Church of England) E.g. see House of Bishops...

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