Commission on Marriage and Divorce

Movers Bishop of North Queensland

That the Primate be requested to appoint a commission of nine persons including bishops, priests and laymen to consider the resolutions of the Lambeth Conference and other relevant documents and practices of the Church universal concerning marriage and divorce, to study the theology of Christian marriage, and to present a report to the next session of the Synod, and also, if it so determines, to prepare a Canon for submission to the Synod concerning matrimony and its solemnization in this Church. The Synod shall provide the travelling expenses of the Commission of one meeting each year.

(The Bishop of North Queensland, 16.9.69)


Resolution year: 1969
Resolution number: 07/69