Synodical Government Measure 1969

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The Synodical Government Measure 1969 is a key piece of Church of England legislation that reorganized the Church’s governance by creating the General Synod as its main decision-making body.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Church of England Measure ⓘ
ecclesiastical legislation ⓘ
primary legislation of the Church of England ⓘ
aim to increase lay participation in decision‑making ⓘ
to modernize Church of England governance structures ⓘ
appliesTo Province of Canterbury ⓘ
Province of York ⓘ
authorizes General Synod to make Canons ⓘ
General Synod to make Measures ⓘ
classifiedAs Measure of the General Synod of the Church of England ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBody General Synod of the Church of England ⓘ
linked to: General Synod
definesPowersOf General Synod of the Church of England ⓘ
linked to: General Synod
definesRelationshipWith diocesan synods ⓘ
parochial church councils ⓘ
enactedBy Church Assembly ⓘ
establishesHouse House of Bishops ⓘ
House of Clergy ⓘ
House of Laity ⓘ
establishesStructure three‑house synodical system ⓘ
governs legislative competence of the General Synod ⓘ
procedures for approval of Measures and Canons ⓘ
hasCitationForm Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Church of England ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked transition from Church Assembly to General Synod system ⓘ
introducedConcept synodical government at national, diocesan and deanery levels ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalField canon law of the Church of England ⓘ
legalStatus in force, as amended ⓘ
mainEffect established General Synod as main decision‑making body ⓘ
providesFor deanery synods ⓘ
diocesan synods ⓘ
synodical government in the Church of England ⓘ
relatedTo Church Assembly (Church of England) ⓘ
linked to: Church Assembly

General Synod of the Church of England ⓘ
linked to: General Synod

Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956 ⓘ
reorganized governance of the Church of England ⓘ
replacedBody Church Assembly ⓘ
requiresAssentFrom Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament

monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
shortTitleContainsYear 1969 ⓘ
subjectMatter internal governance of the Church of England ⓘ
legislative procedures of the Church of England ⓘ
relationship between General Synod and Parliament ⓘ
representation of laity in church governance ⓘ
typeOfReform constitutional reform of Church of England governance ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Synod → establishedBy → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Diocesan Synod of Winchester → follows → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Diocesan Synod → legalBasis → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Synodical Government Measure 1969 → hasCitationForm → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
canons of the Church of England → relatedTo → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Diocesan Synod of Leicester → legalBasis → Church of England (Synodical Government) Measure 1969 ⓘ
linked to: Synodical Government Measure 1969
Diocesan synod of Worcester → legalBasis → Church of England (Synodical Government) Measure 1969 ⓘ
linked to: Synodical Government Measure 1969
Diocesan Synod of Bristol → establishedUnder → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Diocese of London Synod → establishedUnder → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Diocesan Synod of Durham → legalBasis → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Diocesan Synod of Chester → conformsTo → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Diocesan Synod of Leeds → basedOn → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Diocesan Synod of Sheffield → legalBasis → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Diocese of Chichester Synod → legalBasis → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
parochial church councils → legalBasis → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
House of Laity of the Church of England → governingDocument → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
House of Laity of the Church of England → establishedBy → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Proctors in Convocation → governedBy → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Deanery Synod → legalBasis → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Parochial Church Council of Orford → follows → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Parochial Church Council of St George’s Bloomsbury → legalFramework → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
Church Representation Rules of the Church of England → authorizedBy → Church of England (Synodical Government) Measure 1969 ⓘ
linked to: Synodical Government Measure 1969
Church Representation Rules of the Church of England → codifiedIn → Schedule 3 to the Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ
linked to: Synodical Government Measure 1969
Church Representation Rules of the Church of England → relatedTo → Synodical Government Measure 1969 ⓘ