General Convention House of Deputies

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The General Convention House of Deputies is one of the two legislative houses of the Episcopal Church’s governing body, composed of elected clergy and lay representatives from each diocese.

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Label Occurrences
General Convention House of Deputies canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf house of a bicameral legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
organ of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
authorityScope entire Episcopal Church ⓘ
coLegislatesWith General Convention House of Bishops ⓘ
composedOf clergy deputies ⓘ
lay deputies ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
decisionMakingMode deliberative assembly ⓘ
electoralBase each diocese of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
governs churchwide policy of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
hasClergyDeputiesFrom every diocese ⓘ
hasLayDeputiesFrom every diocese ⓘ
hasMembershipCategory clergy order ⓘ
lay order ⓘ
hasOfficers President of the House of Deputies ⓘ
Secretary of the House of Deputies ⓘ
Vice President of the House of Deputies ⓘ
hasRepresentativeType elected representatives ⓘ
hasSisterChamber General Convention House of Bishops ⓘ
historicalContinuityWith Anglican synodical governance tradition ⓘ
isChamberOf bicameral General Convention ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Episcopal Church ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction Episcopal Church dioceses in the United States and other regions ⓘ
meetsAt sessions of the General Convention ⓘ
partOf General Convention of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the House of Deputies ⓘ
religiousDenomination Episcopal Church ⓘ
religiousTradition Anglicanism ⓘ
represents clergy of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
laity of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
requiresForAction concurrence of the House of Bishops on most legislation ⓘ
role considers resolutions on policy and mission ⓘ
legislates for the Episcopal Church ⓘ
shares responsibility for churchwide governance ⓘ
votes on canons and constitutional changes ⓘ
sessionFrequency normally every three years ⓘ
subjectArea church governance ⓘ
doctrine and discipline of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
mission and ministry policy ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation diocesan representation ⓘ
votingSystem deputies vote by orders in some matters ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

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

Standing Committee (Episcopal Church) → relatedBody → General Convention House of Deputies ⓘ
subject linked to: Standing Committee