The Episcopal Church's 1982 General Convention resolution affirming the biblical tithe, giving ten percent of income, as the minimum standard of giving for Episcopalians, with deputies and bishops pledging to tithe or work toward it and calling the wider church to do the same; repeatedly reaffirmed by later General Conventions.
Facts
Citation
PublisherThe Episcopal Church, General Convention (Journal of the General Convention, New Orleans, 1982, page C-111), archived by the Episcopal Church Archives
Publication Year1982
URLhttps://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=1982-A116
Source Typechurch body
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: the Episcopal Church's own General Convention, its highest legislative body, meeting in 1982 and resolving in its own words that the tithe be affirmed as the minimum standard of giving for Episcopalians, that deputies and bishops pledge themselves to tithe or work toward it, and calling the whole church to do the same. Read from the Episcopal Church Archives' own digitized Acts of Convention record, citing the printed Journal page directly. Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Denominations, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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