Explanation

Resolution 2022-A039 was referred to the Commission.  The resolution would have amended Canon III.11.3.c to change the requirement for signatures required for Standing Committee testimonials to give consent to a Bishop’s election, limiting the requirement to testimonials required by this canon, as opposed to “this Title,” which would have also applied to testimonials to ordinations of deacons and priests. The Standing Commission decided instead to standardize the requirements for Standing Committee testimonials for ordinations, and to place that language into the Standing Committee Canon, I.12.3, rather than scattered in the ordination canons so that Standing Committee members can more easily find the rule. The language essentially moves the language about a majority signing Testimonials and signatures in the counterparts found in the current Canon III.11.3.c. into the canon governing Standing Committees. The Standing Commission also recommends placing cross-references to Canon I.12.3 in each of the ordination canons requiring testimonials.