Handbook of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada

16th Edition, Published 2010

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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 The Primate
• 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 General Synod Pension and Benefit Plans
• Canon IX Lay Retirement Plan
• Canon X Reserved
• 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
• Canon XVIII Discipline
• 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
• Canon XXII The National Indigenous Ministry

Appendices

• Appendix A Guidelines for the Conduct of a Primatial Election

Provisions Governing the General Synod and Its Committees

• 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
  Policy on Closed Meetings in The Anglican Church of Canada
  Guidelines for Telephone and Electronic Meetings
• Appendix G Nominating and Election Procedures

Regulations

• Appendix H Financial Management Committee for Its Sub-Committees
• Appendix I Reserved
• Appendix J Terms of Reference for Committees of the Council of the General Synod
• Appendix K Reserved

Information

• Appendix L Legislation Awaiting Second Reading in 2013
• Appendix M Confidentiality
• Appendix N The Anglican Communion
• 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 Reserved

Legislative and Historical Material

• Appendix S Legislation Respecting the General Synod
• Appendix T Historical Notes (1890-2010)
• Appendix U Sessions and Officers of the General Synod