Marriage in Church After Divorce: A Discussion Document from a Working Party Commissioned by the House of Bishops of the Church of EnglandChurch House Publishing, 2000 - 98 pages Prior to the historic decision of July 2002 (on which see GS papers 1449, 1449a and 1449b) the Church of England was actively engaged for many years in trying to reach a common mind on the question of whether a divorced person with a former spouse still living should be able to marry again in church. This discussion document came from a Working Party commissioned by the House of Bishops, under the chairmanship of the Bishop of Winchester. Published prior to July 2002, for discussion in the dioceses, its aim was to take the debate further. In this report, the reader may find the key to the greater coherence and consistency now present in the Church's pastoral practice, and see the initial proposals regarding the procedure under which further marriages might take place in church. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
Theological and liturgical questions | 14 |
The social context | 20 |
The legal context in Church and State | 29 |
The wider Church context | 35 |
Towards a common policy | 39 |
Services of prayer and dedication | 44 |
Conclusion and consequential recommendations | 45 |
The 1957 Act of the Canterbury Convocation | 62 |
Extract from Marriage and the Churchs Task | 65 |
Marriage statistics 197696 | 87 |
Draft Guidelines put forward by the House of Bishops in 1985 | 88 |
Notes | 93 |
Membership of the Working Party | 96 |
List of those who submitted evidence | 97 |
Further reading | 98 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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