Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 79th General Convention proclaim that both Churches have acted as if they have always been in full communion, and therefore are so; and be it further

Resolved, That the 79th General Convention direct the Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons amend Canon I.20.1 to read:

CANON 20: Of Churches in Full Communion

Sec. 1. The Episcopal Church, a member of the Anglican Communion, has a relationship of full communion with those Churches in the historic episcopal succession and with whom it has entered into covenant agreements including:

(a) the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht,

(b) la Iglesia Filipina Independiente/the Philippine Independent Church,

and (c) the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar,

and (d) the Church of Sweden.