Gospel and Order in the Rule of St Benedict

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-203
Author(s):  
Norman Boakes
Keyword(s):  
Church Of England ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Lay Ministers ◽  
The Church

Members of the Church of England are part of an ordered Church with a given liturgy. That order is deeply embedded in our story and today all clergy and lay ministers function and carry out their ministries on the authorisation of the bishop of the diocese. The Church of England is an institution which has its rules, laws and codes of conduct. Because we have no doctrinal formulations of our own, the liturgy in the Church of England expresses much of our theology. While there have been many changes in liturgy, a given liturgy, or a liturgical structure within which certain texts are prescribed, is part of how we are.

Gospel and Order in the Rule of St Benedict

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Norman Boakes
Keyword(s):  
Church Of England ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Lay Ministers ◽  
The Church

Members of the Church of England are part of an ordered Church with a given liturgy. That order is deeply embedded in our story and today all clergy and lay ministers function and carry out their ministries on the authorisation of the bishop of the diocese. The Church of England is an institution which has its rules, laws and codes of conduct. Because we have no doctrinal formulations of our own, the liturgy in the Church of England expresses much of our theology. While there have been many changes in liturgy, a given liturgy, or a liturgical structure within which certain texts are prescribed, is part of how we are.

With an Eye Towards 2000

1996 ◽  
Vol 4 (19) ◽  
pp. 536-544
Author(s):  
Judge Rupert Bursell
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
Book Of Common Prayer ◽  
Holy Communion ◽  
Lay Ministers ◽  
Ecclesiastical Law ◽  
Alternative Service ◽  
Common Prayer ◽  
The Church

I confess that I am not a natural early riser but it is still a great joy for me to celebrate at my parish's 8 o'clock Holy Communion service, especially when the rite is the Holy Communion service from the Book of Common Prayer. I am not saying that I do not enjoy, and do not see the worth of, the rites in the Alternative Service Book, but there is something very special about the rhythms and cadences of the old service and I personally want to see the continuation of all those services contained in the Book of Common Prayer. I therefore want to pose four questions:(1) How has the Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974 attempted to ensure the continuing availability of the forms of service contained in the Book of Common Prayer?(2) What are the ‘occasions for which no provision has been made’ embraced by the provisions of Canon B5, para 2?(3) What, if any, is the legal status of a form of service once, but no longer, authorised?(4) To what extent does the ecclesiastical law relating to the liturgy bind lay ministers?

Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto, 11th July 1982

Moreana ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (Number 157- (1-2) ◽  
pp. 58-71
Author(s):  
John McConica
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
International Commission ◽  
Medieval Studies ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

During the period in which these papers were given, there were great achievements on the ecumenical scene, as the quest to restore the Church’s unity was pursued enthusiastically by all the major Christiandenominations. The Papal visit of John Paul II to England in 1982 witnessed a warmth in relationships between the Church of England and the Catholic Church that had not been experienced since the early 16th century Reformation in England to which More fell victim. The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission was achieving considerable doctrinal consensus and revisionist scholarship was encouraging an historical review by which the faithful Catholic and the confessing Protestant could look upon each other respectfully and appreciatively. It is to this ecumenical theme that James McConica turns in his contribution.

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