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The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada is the chief governing and legislative body of the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC), the sole Canadian representative of the Anglican Communion. The first General Synod session was held in Toronto in 1893, with the proviso that the parameters of its authority would not undermine the local ...
According to the Declaration of Principles, the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada has authority to define doctrine that is "in harmony with the Solemn Declaration". There is some controversy in the modern Anglican Church of Canada as to whether this test is passed by recent proposals such as the blessing of same-sex unions or ...
This is a list of archives in Canada. These archives , for the purposes of this list, are entities in Canada that work to acquire, preserve, and make available material as documentary evidence about a person, community, business, government, municipality, etc., for future generations. [ 1 ]
In Canada, Anglican bishops have divested some of their authority to three bodies – the General Synod, the Provincial Synod (there are four in Canada) and the diocesan synods (there are 29). The national church in Canada is structured on the typical Anglican model of a presiding archbishop (the Primate ) and Synod .
Primate of All Canada, 1950-1959 7th Howard Clark: 1961–1969 Rupert's Land: Primate of All Canada, 1959-1971 8th Fredric Jackson: 1971–1976 Qu'Appelle: 9th Frederick Crabb: 1976–1981 Athabasca: 10th Michael Peers: 1981–1986 Qu'Appelle: Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, 1986 — 2004 11th Kent Clarke: 1986–1987 Edmonton: 12th ...
Edmund Peck did this for Boas, but his ethnographic notes of Inuit life have sat largely untouched and unrecognized for over a century in the General Synod Archives of the Anglican Church of Canada. They were finally published in 2006. [13]
In order to release the approved liturgies while enabling the Doctrine and Worship Committee to continue its work, the 1980 General Synod approved the publication of a text intended as an optional alternative to the 1962 prayer book. [32]: 370 The Anglican Church of Canada published the Book of Alternative Services in 1985. [2]
No. Image Name Dates Notes 1: George Hills: 1859–1892: 2: William Perrin: 1893–1911: 3: Charles Roper: 1912–1915: Bishop of Ottawa 1915–1939, Metropolitan of Ontario 1933–39 : 4: Augustine Scriven