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12th July 2002 Resolutions

THE FAITH: As Churchmen and Orangemen our faith is Christ centred, Bible based, and expressed in the

stated beliefs of the early Church, the Protestant Reformers and the Articles, Confessions and Creeds of the Reformed Churches.

We declare our commitment to Christ as the Lord and Saviour of human kind, not doubting His divinity or questioning His power and authority over us and our constant dependence on Him.

We determine to be faithful followers of Jesus with those who mirror Christ’s loving presence in the world.

Our positive contribution to, and support of the Church, is unlike the negative attitude of some who calling themselves Christians deny the doctrines of the faith and in so doing abuse the trust people repose in them.

We deplore the disloyalty and divisions that reduce the effectiveness of the Church and which dissuades people from receiving and enjoying the benefits of the Gospel.

We see it as our duty to defend the faith against those who are in the Church but not of the Church, in sincerity and honesty.

We are grateful to those who taught us the knowledge of the faith and we accept our responsibility to pass that faith on to others.

We take that obligation seriously.

LOYALTY: That we the Orangemen assembled at……………………………………………………..in

Commemoration of the 312th Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne do hereby reaffirm our devotion and loyalty to the Throne and Person of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her other Realms, Defender of the Faith.

In this Her Golden Jubilee Year we join in the tributes to Her Majesty for Her Fifty Years of devotion and service to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.

We were delighted to once again welcome Her Majesty and Prince Philip to Northern Ireland as part of Her Jubilee Tour.

The Celebrations particularly those in June across the Kingdom clearly demonstrated the love, respect, and devotion of a people for their Sovereign.

THE STATE: As Orangemen while convinced of the value of a devolved Assembly in Northern Ireland we are concerned that it be of the kind and quality acceptable to all who want the fair and just government we require.

The Assembly, as it is, is not what was promised to us by the Prime Minister and the Belfast Agreement, with its members totally committed to peace; and with no place for politicians who have not in word and deed, renounced violence for political or any other purposes.

The refusal of Sinn Fein/I.R.A. to honour its obligations and to be politicians only, means that the other parties are required to share in the administration with those whose loyalty, honesty and credibility must be suspect.

The Assembly cannot have a good future when there is such evident distaste of some members by other members within it.

Deploring the questionable means and methods used to obtain the Belfast Agreement we realise that the level of disunity among unionists, which means they neither speak nor act together, is a factor in creating an undesirable situation.

We appeal again for unionist unity and for a better understanding of how we must proceed in our efforts to obtain the government we were promised.

We shall do all we can to help bring about that elusive permanent peace and prosperity which is the desire of all good citizens.

SPECIAL RESOLUTION: Our Institution declares its total condemnation of all violence.

It does so in a society constantly victimised by that culture of violence which is prevalent in our world today.

We declare our determination to stand by the principles of the Order and our Reformed Faith.


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