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The Ordination of Women

Catalogue reference: BMU/10/9

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This record is about the The Ordination of Women dating from 1963-1982.

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Reference
BMU/10/9
Title
The Ordination of Women
Date
1963-1982
Description

Papers, reports, essays, articles, and newspaper cuttings.

Note

In December 1976 the Board for Mission and Unity was asked by the Secretary-General to collect materials relevant to the issue of the Ordination of Women on behalf of the General Synod. Information about ordination in other Anglican Provinces and other churches was specifically requested, as was evidence of new decisions on the matter. A memorandum of March 1980 from Daphne Fraser indicates the papers were originally organised as follows: A Series: General B Series: Books C Series: press cuttings The material was available for consultation, and could be copied on request.

Held by
Lambeth Palace Library
Former department reference
BMU/OW
Creator(s)
Board for Mission and Unity
Physical description
33 files
Immediate source of acquisition
The entire collection, with the exception of the Book collection, was deposited by Dr Mary Tanner January 1991.The orginal file titles have been retained, as has the numbering order used by Daphne Fraser rather than re- ordering the material by date. Each 'A Series' file has a full TS list describing date and provenance of each paper.
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