Thus when the NCCB is not in plenary session the Administrative Committee acts in its name according to the Conference's statutes and bylaws. When a standing committee of the NCCB proposes to issue a statement or a set of guidelines it must first gain, at least in principle, the approval of the entire conference during a plenary session when each committee's plans, programs and budgets are approved. That approval was given at the Administrative Committee meeting of September 13-15, 1977. In 1978 EACW was published. It expands those norms and sets policy for building, renovation, decoration, and furnishing of churches.
Instructions are restatements of previously promulgated law.
Often they elucidate the reasons behind the law and provide guidance for proper interpretation of the law. Such guidelines and publications must first be authorized by the General Secretary of the Conference before publication. The purpose of Secretariat publications is also to explain previously promulgated norms and directives and to offer guidance on their implementation. This statement seems most confused and is couched in much the same murky and imprecise language as EACW itself. They mix two distinct categories.