Handbook of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada

15th Edition, Published 2007

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Table of Contents

• Mission Statement
• Glossary of Terms
• Declaration of Principles
• Constitution of the General Synod
• Rules of Order and Procedure

Canons of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada

• Canon I
  Name of the Church
• Canon II
  Corporate Seal
• Canon III
  1. The Primacy
  2. Election Procedures
• Canon IV
  Reception and Recognition of Clergy From Churches in Full Communion With the Anglican Church of Canada
• Canon V
  Archives
• Canon VI
  Financial Management
• Canon VII
  Missionary Society
• Canon VIII
  The General Synod Pension and Benefit Plans
• Canon IX
  Lay Retirement Plan
• Canon X
  Unallocated
• Canon XI
  Anglican Book Centre
• Canon XII
  Continuing Education Plan
• Canon XIII
  Deaconesses
• Canon XIV
  The Book of Common Prayer
• Canon XV
  The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario
• Canon XVI
  The Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia
• Canon XVII
  The Licensing of Clergy
  1. The Issue of Licenses; Registers, Inhibitions and Transfers
  2. Revocation
• Canon XVIII
  Discipline
  1. Episcopal Jurisdiction
  2. Court Jurisdiction
  3. Ecclesiastical Offenses
  4. Penalties for Ecclesiastical Offenses
  5. Principles and General Procedures to be Observed in Discipline Proceedings in the Anglican Church of Canada
  6. Rights of Appeal in Disciplinary Proceedings
• Canon XIX
  Relinquishment or Abandonment of the Ministry
• Canon XX
  The Supreme Court of Appeal
  • Appendix A: Rules of the Supreme Court of Appeal
• Canon XXI
  On Marriage in the Church
  • Regulations
    1. Prerequisites for Marriage
    2. The Solemnization of Matrimony
    3. Determination of Marital Status Under This Canon
    4. The Remarriage of a Divorced Person Whose Former Partner is Living
    5. Admission to Holy Communion in Special Cases
    6. Ecclesiastical Matrimonial Commission
    7. Forms

Appendices

• Appendix A
  Guidelines for the Conduct of a Primatial Election
• Appendix B
  Standing Committees - Terms of Reference
  Guidelines for Sub-Units of Standing Committees
• Appendix C
  Anglican Journal - Terms of Reference
• Appendix D
  Council of the North
• Appendix E
  Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples
• Appendix F
  Policy on Open Meetings in The Anglican Church of Canada
• Appendix G
  Nominating and Election Procedures
• Appendix H
  Regulations of the Financial Management and Development Committee for its Sub-Committees
• Appendix I
  Continuing Education Plan - Canon XII
  Regulations for the Operation of the Continuing Education Plan
• Appendix J
  Terms of Reference for Committees of the Council of the General Synod
  1. Anglican Award Of Merit Committee
  2. Audit Committee
  3. Nominating Committee
• Appendix K
  Unallocated
• Appendix L
  Legislation Awaiting Second Reading in 2010
• Appendix M
  Confidentiality
• Appendix N
  Anglican Consultative Council
• Appendix O
  The Anglican Foundation of Canada
• Appendix P
  Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund
• Appendix Q
  Judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal
• Appendix R
  Unallocated
• Appendix S
  Legislation Respecting the General Synod
• Appendix T
  Historical Notes (1890-2007)
• Appendix U
  Sessions and Officers of the General Synod