Back to Important DocumentsCANONS OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
ADOPTED IN GENERAL SYNOD, 1991
AMENDED IN GENERAL SYNOD, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002
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TITLE I |
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION |
| Of the General Synod | |
| CANON 2 | Of the Primate |
| Of the Executive Council | |
| CANON 4 | Of the Mode of Securing an Accurate View of the State of this Church |
| Of Business Methods in Church Affairs | |
| Of Provinces | |
| Of the Initial Extent of Dioceses | |
| CANON 8 |
Of New Dioceses |
| CANON 9 |
Of Changes in the Territory of Missionary Districts. |
| CANON 10 |
Of Standing Committees |
| CANON 11 |
Of Parishes and Congregations |
| CANON 12 |
Of Parish Vestries |
| CANON 13 |
Of Congregations in Foreign Lands |
| CANON 14 |
Of Clergy and Congregations Seeking Affiliation with This Church |
| CANON 15 |
Of Regulations Respecting the Laity |
| CANON 16 |
Of the Solemnization of Holy Matrimony |
| CANON 17 |
Regulations Respecting Holy Matrimony |
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TITLE II |
WORSHIP |
| Of the Due Celebration of Sundays | |
| CANON 19 | Of Translations of the Bible |
| Of the Book of Common Prayer | |
| CANON 21 | Of the Authorization of Special Forms of Service |
| Of the Music of the Church | |
| Of the Consecration of Churches |
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TITLE III |
MINISTRY |
| Of Postulants | |
| CANON 25 | Of Candidates for Holy Orders |
| Of General Provisions Concerning Candidates for Holy Orders | |
| CANON 27 | Of the Normal Standard of Learning and Examination of Candidates for Holy Orders |
| Of Education for Holy Orders | |
| Of a Board of Examining Chaplains | |
| Of Examination for Admission to Holy Orders in Special Cases | |
| CANON 31 | Of General Provisions Respecting Ordination |
| CANON 32 | Of Ordination to the Diaconate |
| CANON 33 | Of Ordination to the Priesthood |
| CANON 34 | Of Ministers Ordained in Churches Not in Communion with this Church |
| CANON 35 | Of Ministers Ordained in Foreign Countries by Bishops in Communion with this Church |
| CANON 36 | Of the Ordination, Consecration, and Reception of Bishops |
| CANON 37 | Of Missionary Bishops |
| CANON 38 | Of Suffragan Bishops |
| CANON 39 | Of the Consecration of Bishops for Foreign Lands |
| CANON 40 | Of Duties of Bishops |
| CANON 41 | Of Duties of Missionary Bishops |
| CANON 42 | Of Ministers and Their Duties |
| CANON 43 | Of the Dissolution of the Pastoral Relation |
| CANON 44 | Of the Filling of Vacant Cures |
| CANON 45 | Of Deacons |
| CANON 46 | Of Persons Not Ministers in this Church Officiating in any Congregation Thereof |
| CANON 47 | Of Lay Readers |
| CANON 48 | Of Deaconesses |
| CANON 49 | Of Religious Communities |
| CANON 50 | Of Professional Church Workers |
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TITLE IV |
ECCLESIASTICAL DISCIPLINE |
| Of Offenses for which Bishops, Presbyters, or Deacons May Be Tried | |
| CANON 52 | Of Amenability, Citation and Attendance |
| Of Courts, Their Membership and Procedure | |
| CANON 54 | Of Presentments |
| Of the Trial of a Bishop | |
| Of a Minister in any Diocese or Missionary District Chargeable with Offense in Another | |
| Of Renunciation of the Ministry | |
| CANON 58 | Of the Abandonment of the Communion of this Church by a Bishop |
| CANON 59 | Of the Abandonment of the Communion of this Church by a Presbyter or Deacon |
| CANON 60 | Of a Minister Absenting Himself from His Diocese, or Abandoning the Work of the Ministry |
| CANON 61 | Of Sentences |
| CANON 62 | Of the Remission or Modification of Judicial Sentences |
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TITLE V |
CANONICAL LEGISLATION |
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Of Enactment, Amendment, and Repeal |