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EpiscopaliansBarINew MaRule80®TON, Hepf *AP- The'b^r of this tharch intending toPfotenfant Hpifscopal Church in th#* marry a member of another reli-United States refused yesterday to1 , ,w .t,,1 « new canon aimed .t the ,'wly’ not ,hladopt _ „ ________ _______religious education of the children * four• li to refrain from enteringof ‘ Mixer) marriages. into any pie-marital agreement asI The proposed addition to Episcopal Church law would have forbidden Episcopalians from agree i ing to the Roman Catholic Ipw which requires children of a j‘*mixed marriage to be brought up as Catholics.Bishops Mr*v Vo| The ruling was proposed by the church's Hourfe of Deputies ‘but {disapproved by the Mouse of Rnh 'ops at the 57th triennial general convention of t)ie «hurchThe Rt Rev. Stephen F BayneJr.. bishop of Oitimpia tsfafe ofWashington), moved disapproval, sayingThis would only serve to sharp en what has been a matter of con science heretofore It would bind us to the same level as the Roman Catholic lt;’htirrb He added that the situation was covered by a resolution passed at the last general onvention m San Francisco in 1949That measure warned against contracting marriages with Roman Catholics under the conditions imposed hv modem Roman canon law, especially as these conditions involve a promise to have their children brought tip in a religious system v^hich they cannot themselves accept.The defeated proposal said'It shall he the duty of a mema condition for such marriage that the children of such intended mar-riage shall he brought up in areligious body other than this church In earlier debate on the issue in the House of Deputies, the opinion was expressed that such acan on would drive people into the'Catholic church.’In another move yesterday, the House of Deputies refused to concur rn the action of the Mouse ofBishop* to deprive retired bishopsof thicr votes jq general conven-Join in RejectionRoth the clergy and lay delegates joined in rejecting that proposed amendment to the church’s lt;onstitution.Speaking on the question, the Rev James W Kennedy of Lex ington, Ky„ said;' Thi* is a church group not the boad of directors of the General Electric. There are other valueshere than those of efficiency alone And there aren’t many of these men Most of the 3k retired bishops are too old and infirm to corns here And some I am ashamed to say, are too pooiIVbf.rtieff th
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Tue, Sep 16, 1952
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