Evening star., 1922-09-23
Church T|GHTENS
RULES ON DIVORCE
Remarriage Forbidden Ex-
cept Where Infidelity
Was Charged.
D. C. MAN CHOSEN DEPUTY
Episcopal Session in Oregon Hon.
o-s Rev. Freeman and Two
Virginians.
D. C. MAN CHOSEN DEPUTY
p ,i,o Associated Press.

By tile Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. september -"'-
commandments of the protestant
F.niscopal Church in the United states
are forbidden to marry divorced per-
sons, except in cases "here oi'oi'e
has been granted on the ground OF III
fidelity. The result of the actlon
taken here last night by the house oi
DEPUTIES of the general triennlal con-
yention confirming measure passeo
previous!.. by the house of bishops
The former law of the church
merely forbade ministers to perform
a marriage ceremony where ei'"ei
partv to it has been divorced LOT
cause other than iniidelity. ne
new canon does not proNlae pa
rnent for members Of The church us
obeying it. but there was pen"lr"7
hefore the convention today reSolu- :
ton by Bishop cameron Mann .! ."t
diocese of south FlorlGa proFlninE
Tor the accommodation OF per
re-marrying contrary |" lhe oiSoiee
canon.
without Opposition.
When the deputies acted there were
rnany seats vacant. many delegates
only a few deputies arose TO ask
questions and there was no Oppose
ton. ~
Resolutions offered by the Rev Dr.
f. w. Tomkins of Philadelpnla pro
yidinc for the commission OF all the
sectiGn of the divorce canon Whlch
relates to PERMISSION being gwen 70
divorced persons to remarry in Such
cases as the single exception covers
and making the Inhibition against re-
marriage of divorced persons apso-
lute were referred to Il COMMISSION
which Will make study OF the whole
divorce canon during the next three
wears. The commission Will report at
the YeNt general convention Two
other resolutions of DR.. TomkinS, one
requiring certificate as 70 s .n5
health of persons to be married ana
another recurring that bans be pup
lished for three Sundays before an
intended marriage. also We're referred
to this commission.
Washington Man Elected.
The National Council of the Protes,
tant Episcopal Church was compieteu
Yesterday with election by the mouse
Of DEPUTIES ON it's quota of members
and ratification By that house of the
members chosen earlier by the mousse
of bishops.
The members elected by the depu-
ties were: Rev. DIR. James f. Free
man. Washington. ID. T.. fteN LIT. AieN-
ander Mann. Boston; Rev. DIR. w. II.
Milton. Wilmington, \. c.; Rev. Dr.
T. NJ StireS. New York: Stephen Baker,
New York; John Stewart Bryan, Rich
mond, Va; Burton Mansfield New
Haven. Conn: Samuel Mather. CleVe-
land, Ohio: Phillips Parker. Brookline,
Mass; George Wharton Pepper, Phlla-
delphia: Harper Bley, Rochester. y. y:
IL c. Wyckoff, Watsonville. Caiif.
The house of bishops elected mem
bers of the national council as follows:
Bishop w c. Brown of Virginia,
Bishop E r Lines of Newark, Bishop
w T. Manning OF New York and
Bishop Coadjutor T. I. Reese of south
ern Ohio.
Resolutions adopted by the house of
bishops defining the stand of the
Church on relations of capital and
labor and world peace were adopted
by the house OF deputies. The conyen-
tion voted an appropriation not to eX-
ceed $1,000 to aid the Christian church
organization in China
The concordat. an arrangement
whereby Congregational clerSymen
may be ordained by Episcopal bishops,
was ratified finally by the house of
deputies.