Provides all the essential seasonal liturgy for the Christian year, including material for using from Advent to Candlemas, and from Lent to Easter, as well as many other festivals and seasons throughout the year.
Words for Worship brings together the most cherished prayers in the Church of England’s liturgy, that today create a common identity among Anglican worshippers. Each prayer is accompanied by a short commentary on its history and meaning, opening it up for those new to Anglican worship and those seeking a deeper understanding of familiar words.
Provides all the essential seasonal liturgy for the Christian year, including material for using from Advent to Candlemas, and from Lent to Easter, as well as many other festivals and seasons throughout the year.
The 1994 report of the Archbishops' Group on the Episcopate looking at the nature of the episcopate, the role of the suffragan and the theological issues underlying the ordination of women as bishops.
Legal Opinions Concerning the Church of England contains the views of the Legal Advisory Commission of the General Synod, which gives legal advice to the General Synod, the Church Commissioners, diocesan registrars, chancellors, and other clerical and lay officers such as archdeacons and diocesan secretaries. It does not constitute a comprehensive volume on ecclesiastical law but is the jointly expressed views of the Commission on a wide range of legal matters of interest to the Church. This eighth edition contains many previously unpublished Opinions as well as a comprehensive updating and revision of the contents of previous editions. It is an indispensible reference work for all practitioners and students of ecclesiastical law. New or significantly revised Opinions include: The clergy and confidentiality Appointment of non-stipendiary ministers as incumbents Consecration of sites for 'green' burials Ownership of tombstones and monuments in churchyards Disturbances during services in cathedrals The right of a parishioner to be married in the parish church The legal responsibilities of PCC members
Words for Worship brings together the most cherished prayers in the Church of England’s liturgy, that today create a common identity among Anglican worshippers. Each prayer is accompanied by a short commentary on its history and meaning, opening it up for those new to Anglican worship and those seeking a deeper understanding of familiar words.
The Declaration of Assent and Oaths is part of the service of ordination of the Church of England. Steeped in history, it draws together some essential threads of what it means to be Anglican, and how Anglican identity is expressed through liturgy, Scriptures and Creeds. All licensed clergy promise to abide by its provisions to recognise the authority of the Church of England’s historic formularies of faith and to use only its authorised forms of service. This concise guide explores this key Anglican text, offering an accessible introduction that explores the Declaration's history, theology and contemporary relevance. It unpacks the significance of making the declaration, the power of language and symbol and the relationships that are created by them, and explores how we understand and appropriate them faithfully today.
This book is not a formidable series of learned papers on abstruse theology, but a plain and coherent outline of the Christian faith, written by members of the Community of the Resurrection and intended for the ordinary educated layperson. There are no Hebrew or Greek words; scholarship will be found mainly in the notes. The central theme is the faith of the Resurrection. This is prepared for by essays on the relevance of the Old Testament, the Incarnation and the Cross. A chapter on the Resurrection of our Lord closes Part I. Part II contains a series of more reflective essays, looking back on what is involved in the claim for the Resurrection: arguments for the existence of God, the Christian doctrine of God, Creation and the Fall, the nature and work of the Holy Spirit. Part III considers the consequences of the Resurrection: the Church Worship in the Body, Baptism and Christian Unity, Prayer in the Body, and the Christian answer to pain and evil. Part IV deals with the consequences for the Church and the World: the secular challenge to the Church, the witness of the Church in an expanding World, Vocation, and the End of All Things.
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