The General Synod is the legislative body of the Church of England, instituted in 1970. By what name was this body known prior to 1970?
General Synod of the Church of England by Tynwald. The General Synod also elects some members of the Archbishops' Council. General Synod of the Church of England The General Synod is the deliberative and legislative body of the Church of England. The synod was instituted in 1970, replacing the Church Assembly, and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had started in the 1850s. Before 1919, any change to the Church's worship or governance had to be by Act of Parliament, which resulted in little being done. In 1919, the Convocations of the Provinces of Canterbury and York adopted
The Body (1970 film) The Body (1970 film) The Body is a 1970 UK scientific documentary film directed and produced by Roy Battersby. In the film, external and internal cameras are used to showcase the human body. The film's narrators, Frank Finlay and Vanessa Redgrave, provide commentary that combines the knowledge of human biologists and anatomical experts. The film's soundtrack, "Music from the Body", was composed by Ron Geesin and Roger Waters, and includes songs that were made using the human body as a medium. Waters is also the narrator of one scene. In August 1971 Nat Cohen, whose company distributed the film, said