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CHURCHWARDEN - LoveToKnow Article on CHURCHWARDEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | The name is derived from the original duty attached to the office,---that of the custody or guardianship of the fabric and furniture of the church,which dates from the 14th century, when the responsibility of providing for the repairs of the nave, and of furnishing the utensils for divine service, was settled on the parishioners. |
 | | The appointment of churchwardens is regulated by the 89th canon, which requires that the churchwardens shall be chosen by the joint consent of the ministers and parishioners, if it may be; but if they cannot agree upon such a choice, then the minister is to choose one, and the parishioners another. |
 | | In the episcopal church of the United States churchwardens discharge much the same duties as those performed by the English officials; their duties, however, are regulated by canons of the diocese, not by canons general. |
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