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106 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH.
3. By each Annual Convention there is a body chosen,
called the Standing Committee of the Diocese, composed
of clergymen, or of clergy and laity, according to the
peculiar rule of the Diocese. The relation of this body
that the Conventions of these Dioceses have also a veto upon the Bishop,
which they may exercise by refusing to enact laws for his sanction, since
without the action of the Convention no legislation can be accomplished.
For the sake of illustrating the liberalizing and protective influence
of our General Constitution, we beg our reader to observe that each Diocesan Convention is free to act, without any extraneous influence or interference, so far as the general legislation of the Church is concerned.
Clerical and lay deputies are chosen by the Convention to represent it in
the General Convention; for it is contrary to the Constitution of the P.
E. Church in the United States that any Bishop shall have any direct influence in the appointment of clerical and lay deputies from his Diocese,
except so far as his vote, as a member and chairman of the Diocesan
Convention, goes. Its language is : " The Church in each Diocese shall
be entitled to a representation of both the clergy and laity, which representation shall consist of one or more deputies, not exceeding four of
each order, chosen by the Convention of the Diocese.'1'' Any Diocese, therefore, whose Convention is not perfectly free to elect its own representatives to the General Convention, would not be admitted into union with
the P. E. Church in the United States through the General Convention;
and any deputies which it might elect, unless they "represent" without
qualification " the Church in the Diocese," could not take their seats in
the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies.
The view here presented is confirmed by Title I., Canon 3, which declares that " a candidate for Holy Orders shall not be allowed to accept,
from any Diocesan Convention, an appointment as a lay deputy to the
House of Clerical and Lay Deputies of the General Convention." The
reason assigned for the passage of this canon, it is understood, was
that the candidate is subject to the Bishop, and therefore, upon the principle just asserted, cannot properly represent the Diocesan Church or Convention. The same rule is practically applied to Deacons.
Each Bishop has his proper and lawful influence and representation
in the General Convention, in his own person, as a member of the House
of Bishops, and cannot constitutionally control or affect the membership
of the other House.
| Title | The comprehensive church |
| Creator | Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard) |
| Publisher | Appleton |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000110 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 106 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 3. By each Annual Convention there is a body chosen, called the Standing Committee of the Diocese, composed of clergymen, or of clergy and laity, according to the peculiar rule of the Diocese. The relation of this body that the Conventions of these Dioceses have also a veto upon the Bishop, which they may exercise by refusing to enact laws for his sanction, since without the action of the Convention no legislation can be accomplished. For the sake of illustrating the liberalizing and protective influence of our General Constitution, we beg our reader to observe that each Diocesan Convention is free to act, without any extraneous influence or interference, so far as the general legislation of the Church is concerned. Clerical and lay deputies are chosen by the Convention to represent it in the General Convention; for it is contrary to the Constitution of the P. E. Church in the United States that any Bishop shall have any direct influence in the appointment of clerical and lay deputies from his Diocese, except so far as his vote, as a member and chairman of the Diocesan Convention, goes. Its language is : " The Church in each Diocese shall be entitled to a representation of both the clergy and laity, which representation shall consist of one or more deputies, not exceeding four of each order, chosen by the Convention of the Diocese.'1'' Any Diocese, therefore, whose Convention is not perfectly free to elect its own representatives to the General Convention, would not be admitted into union with the P. E. Church in the United States through the General Convention; and any deputies which it might elect, unless they "represent" without qualification " the Church in the Diocese," could not take their seats in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. The view here presented is confirmed by Title I., Canon 3, which declares that " a candidate for Holy Orders shall not be allowed to accept, from any Diocesan Convention, an appointment as a lay deputy to the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies of the General Convention." The reason assigned for the passage of this canon, it is understood, was that the candidate is subject to the Bishop, and therefore, upon the principle just asserted, cannot properly represent the Diocesan Church or Convention. The same rule is practically applied to Deacons. Each Bishop has his proper and lawful influence and representation in the General Convention, in his own person, as a member of the House of Bishops, and cannot constitutionally control or affect the membership of the other House. |
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