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Archbishops Commission on the Communion of the Sick

Catalogue reference: ACCOS

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This record is about the Archbishops Commission on the Communion of the Sick dating from 1965-1967.

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Reference: ACCOS
Title: Archbishops Commission on the Communion of the Sick
Date: 1965-1967
Description: Some papers created by the Commission including correspondence, meeeting papers and the final report.
Related material: Ramsey papers on Communion of the Sick, BM 16/43-46
Held by: Lambeth Palace Library
Former department reference: AC/COS
Language: English
Creator(s): Archbishops Commission on the Communion of the Sick
Physical description: 3 files
Immediate source of acquisition: These papers were created by the commission but there are no records for who deposited them at the Church of England Record Centre, or when this happened. At CERC they were grouped with other Archbishops' Commissions to form the artificial fonds CERC: AC. These catalogue entries were migrated from the records management sytem in September 2012 and the records moved to Lambeth Palace Library when the two institutions combined in 2021.
Administrative / biographical background: In 1966 the commission was set up to "consider the possibility of egreement upon rubrics concerning the Communion of the Sick and the Reservation of the Consecrated Elements in connection therewith."The commission was chaired by Robert Stopford, the Bishop of London and David Carey and Sir John Scott were secretaries.
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/6146c8b5-8047-433e-94d7-c2f3dc1c6fb4/