Petition Text: 21056-DI-R245-U

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WHEREAS, the 1970 General Conference...

WHEREAS, it is common knowledge that the context of the original Thirty-Nine Articles (1563) and specifically Articles XIV, XIX, XXI, XXII, XXIV, XXV, XXVIII, XXX, XXXI, XXIV XXXIV, were bitterly polemical,...

THEREFORE, be it hereby resolved, that we declare if it our official intent to interpret these Articles in consolance consonance with our best ecumenical insights and judgment.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution be printed in its entirety in the 1992 1996 Book of Resolutions and that appropriate reference be noted in The Book of Discipline to correct the inaccuracies found in page 30 58, footnote #3, and page 64 62, footnote #5.

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Petition Text: 21056-DI-R245-U
1996 United Methodist General Conference