Attempting to avoid what would be a demoralizing proceeding, the Episcopal Convention got Pike to agree to drop his demands in exchange for their passing a canon that made it harder to bring official charges of heresy accusations, and to institute special provisions for “due process” in any future censures. While Pike's previous censure was not invalidated, the fact that he had been denied a formal hearing cast a "shadow of irresponsibility" on that action. The result was that the House of Bishops agreed to make the term "heresy" obsolete, with censure only being levied for “acts” and not for “opinion or teaching". The Convention also created an advisory committee on "theological freedom", which included Pike and other prominent theologians.