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A most telling scenario of the mode of Worship in the First Century Church was demonstrated when Saint Stephen was selected. It gave the reason as being so that the liturgy services (the prayers, psalms, canonical or halachic hours, and Scripture readings / teachings etc) could be closer followed without interruptions of common life:
Acts 6:4 “But we (the Apostles) will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.”Please pay special attention to those words and the context verses before and after it, being to not involve them with common tasks like the “daily ministration” to widows etc.
We must look at the tree that was bearing the fruit of the most miraculous time in the history of the church. The First Century Church made things happen with this attitude toward worship, utilizing the “temple or synagogue prayer services”, and having order (even hierarchies) in the church. We especially know they utilized the prayers Christ gave us, and the Holy Communion [Kiddush Agape feasts, which could also land on any day when there were extra free will offerings from the altar, the standard “Thanks”(Eucharist) offerings of bread and wine at the Temple. Almost any bread or wine used in any Hebrew gathering was such as was extra offered on the altar with any of the free-will thanks(Eucharist) offerings. More on that potent and vast topic is discussed in other writings by OCC, and lightly touched on later in this article. As often as you do (offer), do it in remembrance of Me. We know Paul was offering a Lamb for a Nazarite vow 25 years after his conversion(Acts 24:5), and also like all the Apostles went up in respect at every Synagogue for their piety].
In the book “Primitive Worship and the Prayer Book” the original Hebrew (Synagogue) liturgies are laid out.
The Scriptures confirmed Christ practiced these liturgies (prayers, songs & blessings) in unity.
His custom was to attend and faithfully participate in all the services. He was integrated into the liturgies. A big unquestionable part of the liturgy was the Shema Israel prayer. “Hear O Israel” Christ Himself even daubed it as the “greatest commandment” in Mark 12:29. [Daily the English Orthodox Church (as from the Anglican Missal) recites the “Shama Israel”. The broader church body of Israel Christendom continues to do the Shama in some form, probably closer than the Jews do, as we do it when taking the holy communion, with its prayers and very similar blessings towards Christ, who is the purpose.]
Luke 4:16 “And He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.”
Acts 2:42 tells us the early Christians were “steadfast in breaking bread, ..Apostles doctrine ..and prayers” and in 2:46 “continued daily in one accord in the Temple”.
This book however, “Primitive Worship and the Prayer Book” lays out that 2 services per day are enough for those who are not in a Monastery. We in contemporary Christianity today are mostly content to see everyone in church at least at God’s commanded times on Sabbath. The more active English Orthodox churches today keep three services per day. Midday holding a communion service.
The Apostles Didascalia admonishes the daily visits to church, as well as all seven prayer times to be observed. The Psalmist King David also wrote Psalm 119:164 “Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgements.”
We are also very blessed to share with any who are interested, a copy of the “Private Devotions – Read freely online or buy in print” taken from our same liturgy as approved in 1560. Compiled by the very same liturgical scholars who formalized in our Book of Common Prayer, with all of its poetic beauty. These are very useful in our Orthodox dedicated holy spaces / Prayer closets that are established places in our homes. With these you can have the experiences of the traditional Divine Liturgy in their prime times in your very own home. Everyone is encouraged to make a set prayer space in their home, where you keep your Bibles or where the family also may join together (although children aren’t required to do as many prayers as adults).
It may be that those praying such will have those promised Zion protections, as the world falls under judgement. It does say to enter into your closets for a little while, till the indignation be overpast. Isa 26:20 “Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.” There may come a time that very few churches can at all join together in public worship. During those times we have these great tools. It would be best to put them to use while times are still somewhat good. Let us put these tools to use, filling our time with such orderly high praises to our God, the way our forefathers prayed.
Our order (OCC) agrees with the great witness of our book of Common Prayer that combines the seven canonical hours into the two services. We admonish those who can do more, to do more. Even the BCP itself says services are as per availability of priests (and these would also have a demand). However at least the home services could and should be done. A greater measure is especially for any of our members who would be deacons, deaconesses or in the priesthood. Those advancing in ministry of being “steadfast in the prayers”, “continually in prayer”, and “ministry of the word” in our Order, are to follow at least three of the Canonical Hours (Biblical prayer time) with lectionary readings, psalter etc in their daily regime.
Primitive Worship & the Prayer Book
Rationale, History and Doctrine of the English, Irish, Scottish, and American Books
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES
PART I. – Rationale and History –
CHAPTER PAGE
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NIGHT .
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I. – PRACTICAL REASONS FOR A LITURGY
” THE PRAYER BOOK. ” – Mr. GLADSTONE AND “MANY IM
PROVEMENTS. ” -Baxter’s PRAYER Book MADE IN A FORT
NECESSITY FOR A BOOK OF “ COMMON ” PRAYER . —
CHANGE OF MIND AMONG DESCENDANTS OF PURITANS. PRO
FESSOR HOPKINS ON A LITURGY FOR AMERICAN PRESBYTERIANS.
– ” The Book of COMMON WORSHIP ” PUBLISHED IN 1906. —
INCREASING OBSERVANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN Year. – LITURGIC
Usage A HERITAGE FROM Israel. — NECESSARY FOR PROTEC
TION FROM IRREVERENCE, ECCENTRICITY, INCOMPETENCE, AND ERROR . — How CONGREGATIONALISTS OR INDEPENDENTS, AND
PRESBYTERIANS Became UNITARIANS. — DR. W. R. HUNTING
TON ON FORM AND CEREMONY.
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II. — THE AUTHORITY OF OUR LORD AND THE HOLY
SCRIPTURES FOR A LITURGY.
EVIDENCE OF THE Old TESTAMENT, AND OF THE CHURCH OF ISRAEL
IN THE Time of Our LORD.— His “ CUSTOM ” As CHILD AND
Man. – DR. EDERSHEIM ON THE SYNAGOGUE SERVICE IN
NAZARETH, AND THE BURNING OF INCENSE IN THE TEMPLE. –
Our Lord’s PRECEPTS CONCERNING PRAYER .
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III . – – ” THEY CONTINUED STEDFASTLY IN THE
PRAYERS”
The Apostles Devout WORSHIPPERS IN SYNAGOGUE AND TEMPLE
EVEN AFTER THE SETTING UP OF THE CHURCH. —No Lack of MATERIAL FOR A CHRISTIAN LITURGY. -” COMMON PRAYER ”
IN ACTS IV . – ALLUSIONS TO CHRISTIAN WORSHIP. PROBABLE
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CHAPTER PAGB
QUOTATIONS FROM EARLY CHRISTIAN LITURGY AND HYMNS, IN
THE Epistles. — No Full ACCOUNT TO BE EXPECTED IN THE
New TESTAMENT. — FORMS NOT IN THEMSELVES PRAYERS, BUT
VESSELS TO BE FILLED WITH PRAYER.
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IV. — “ THEY CONTINUED STEDFASTLY IN THE BREAK
ING OF THE BREAD ”
The BREAKING OF BREAD THE ONE ACT OF WORSHIP ORDAINED
BY CHRIST. — Five WORDS APPLIED TO THE SACRAMENT IN THE
New TESTAMENT. — 1. THE BREAKING OF BREAD .
LORD’s SUPPER. — 3. The EUCHARIST. —4. Holy Com
MUNION. — 5. “ Eulogia ,” OR THE BLESSING. A New RITE,
BUT THE FULFILMENT OF AN OLDER ONE. —The Change PRE
PARED FOR BY OUR LORD IN S. JOHN VI. – INSTITUTED AT THE
Last Passover, AND WITH THE ELEMENTS EMPLOYED THERE.
BECOMES AT ONCE THE “ Daily ” ACT OF WORSHIP IN THE
APOSTOLIC CHURCH.
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V. -CHRISTIAN WORSHIP IN THE FIRST THREE CENTURIES .
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ALL WORSHIP IN THE FIRST THREE CENTURIES GATHERS AROUND
The Holy Eucharist. — The ALTR OR HOLY Table. THE
TEMPLE AND NOT THE SYNAGOGUE The Model. – CANON
WARREN ON THE CHARACTER OF THE SYNAGOGUE. -OUR LORD’s
LANGUAGE AT THE CLEANSING Of The Temple. —The SACRI
FICIAL CHARACTER OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP. —The PURITAN
BAXTER ON THE WORD ALTAR . The EVIDENCE OF THE
YOUNGER PLINY, JUSTIN MARTYR , THE DIDACHE, OR DOCTRINE
OF THE APOSTLES, AND OF CLEMENT OF Rome. REASONS
FOR THE ABSENCE OF EARLY WRITTEN LITURGIES. –The
DISCIPLINA ARCANI. — REASONS FOR LACK OF REFERENCES
TO CHURCH BUILDINGS. — EARLIEST ACCOUNTS IN THE THIRD
AND FOURTH CENTURIES.
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VI. -THE PARENT LITURGIES
LITTLE DEVELOPMENT OF WORSHIP WHILE THE CHURCH IS UNDER
THE BAN OF THE EMPIRE. – IN THE FOURTH CENTURY Sıx Chief
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CHAPTER LITURGICAL TYPES. —THE SYRIAN USED IN THE PATRIARCHATES
OF JERUSALEM AND ANTIOCH. MANY REVISIONS AND ADAP
TATIONS. —Those OF S. BASIL AND S. CHRYSOSTOM Most
NOTED. — SOURCES OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SYRIAN LIT
URGY . – THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THAT OF S. CHRYSOSTOM,
AND PRAYER FOR THE FAITHFUL Departed . —The Chief
Divisions of every LITURGY. – COMPARATIVE Table of Four
PARENT LITURGIES, SHOWING THEIR UNMISTAKABLE ORIGIN
FROM A SINGLE SOURCE.
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VII. – THE BRITISH AND IRISH LITURGIES
THE BRITISH CHURCH FULLY ORGANIZED IH The Fourth Cen
TURY. —The ANALOGY OF INDIA UNDER THE BRITISH, AND THE
PHILIPPINES UNDER THE AMERICANS. –Two LANGUAGES, LATIN
AND Gaelic, Spoken in Britain. —The British CHURCH
INDEPENDENT OF ROME IN ORIGIN AND Mission. — The
CHRISTIANIZING OF IRELAND BY S. PATRICK IN THE FIFTH
CENTURY, AND OF SCOTLAND BY S. COLUMBA IN THE Sixth.
Irish MISSIONS IN ENGLAND, THE CONTINENT, AND Even Ice
– CATHOLIC IN DOCTRINE, AND PRACTICE YET INDE
PENDENT OF ROME. — SIGNS OF THE CLOSE CONNECTION WITH
THE GALLICAN CHURCH, AND OF DIFFERENCE FROM THE Roman. —
The MILANESE AND THE SPANISH OR MOZARABIC LITURGIES.
LAND .
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VIII. – GROWTH OF THE ENGLISH LITURGY . ..
THE MISSION OF AUGUSTINE IN CANTERBURY. — The LITURGY
HE PREPARED FOR HIS ANGLO – Saxon Converts (601). — The
COUNCIL OF CLOVESHOO (747) ADOPTS A CANON REQUIRING THE Roman Use, BUT THE Celtic Retains its Hold. · The Use
OF SCOTLAND TILL THE ELEVENTH CENTURY. — AT THE NORMAN
CONQUEST ( 1066 ) MANY DIOCESAN ” Uses. ” — Bishops Os
MUND AND GOODE AND the Use of SALISBURY OR SARUM. –
FIRST ATTEMPT AT REFORM OF THE
Daily OFFICES IN 1516, AND FOR Holy COMMUNION IN 1533 .
Close of the THIRD Great PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND. DETERIORATION IN WORSHIP AND LIFE. —INFLUENCE OF New SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Diverse Uses TILL 1549. –
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CHAPTER
IX. —THE BEGINNINGS OF REFORM
THE REFORMATION NO SUDDEN CATASTROPHE.
SPREAD OVER
MORE THAN Two HUNDRED YEARS ( 1450–1662). — STRONG
PROTESTS AS EARLY AS THE ELEVENTH, TWELFTH , AND THIR
TEENTH CENTURIES. — COUNCIL OF CLARENDON ( 1164 ). –
“ MAGNA CHARTA ” ( 1215) . —No “CHURCH OF ROME” EVER
IN ENGLAND. STATUTES OF “ PROVISORS” AND ” PRAE
MUNIRE.” — ARCHDEACON (AFTERWARDS CARDINAL) MANNING
ON THESE PROTESTS. —WORK AND CHARACTER OF WICLIFFE.
– His TRANSLATION OF THE Bible. —The DESTRUCTION AND
ROBBERY OF THE MONASTERIES. —The Good WORK OF
CARDINAL Wolsey. BEGINNINGS OF REFORMATION IN Doc
TRINE . — The USURPED AUTHORITY OF THE BISHOPS OF Rome
REJECTED IN 1534.
PUBLICATION OF The Great Bible” IN
1539. COMMITTEE OF Revision APPOINTED IN 1543. — RE
VISED LITANY IN 1544. — HENRY VIII DIES IN 1547.
I.
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X. – THE FIRST REFORMED PRAYER BOOK .
The New Book NOT A “ COMPILATION. ” — Many REVISERS IN
The Past. — The CHIEF BOOKS OF WHICH THE BOOK IS A
Revision. WHY SO Few OF THESE REMAIN. CAXTON
The First ENGLISH PRINTER. — EDWARD VI ON THE THRONE.
– Duke OF SOMERSET “ PROTECTOR.” SERVICE IN ENGLISH
FOR COMMUNION IN 1548 . The Whole BOOK IN 1549 . No
IRISH OR Welsh Version. – CONTENTS OF THE Book. — Com
MUNION IN Both Kinds. PALMER ON This . — RESTORATION
of the INVOCATION. -The ORDER OF THE SERVICE AND THE
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION . — THE CHARACTER OF THE FIRST
Book. – Four OBJECTS IN View.
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XI.- REACTION AND RESTORATION 1552–1662 . 109
Rise of PURITANISM . – New COMMITTEE APPOINTED BUT ONLY
BY THE COUNCIL OF State . Book of 1552 WITHOUT AUTHOR
ITY FROM THE CHURCH . – CHARACTER OF SOMERSET AND His
Associates . — ROBBERY OF CHURCHES. – DR. MORGAN Dix
ON THE SECOND PRAYER BOOK . CHIEF CHANGES FOR THE
CONTENTS XV
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CHAPTER WORSE . – EDWARD DIES AND THE BOOK Dies WITH HIM.
OLD LATIN Service RESTORED AND PERSECUTION FOLLOWS.
MARY Dies In 1558. – New Revision UNDER ELIZABETH .
COMPROMISE RETAINING SOME CHANGES OF 1552. — ELIZABETH
DIES IN 1603. — UNDER JAMES I SOME CHANGES IN 1604. –
Book PROHIBITED BY PURITAN PARLIAMENT IN 1645.
Savoy CONFERENCE IN 1660. — THE PRESENT BOOK ADOPTED
BY BOTH CONVOCATIONS IN 1661. – By ENGLISH AND IRISH
PARLIAMENTS IN 1662 AND 1666 . · WAKEMAN ON THIS REVISION
AND THE EJECTMENT OF NONCONFORMIST MINISTERS.
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XII. – THE SCOTTISH , AMERICAN, AND IRISH Re
VISIONS .
REVOLUTIONARY WORK OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT IN 1560 .
” TULCHAN ” BISHOPS. — EFFORTS IN THE Next HUNDRED
YEARS TO RESTORE EPISCOPACY. — PRAYER BOOK OF 1637. —
Its Use IN EDINBURGH CATHEDRAL. EPISCOPACY ABOLISHED
ONCE MORE. UNDER Charles II EPISCOPACY AND LITURGY
PARTIALLY RESTORED. — UNDER WILLIAM III AGAIN OVER
THROWN IN 1689. — PRESBYTERIANISM ESTABLISHED. — “ The
Catholic REMAINDER” OF EPISCOPALIANS UNDER PENAL Laws.
– Revision OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK IN 1764. — CONSECRATION
OF BISHOP SEABURY FOR AMERICAN CHURCH IN 1784. —The
AMERICAN REVISIONS OF 1789 AND 1892. — Irish Revision OF
1877. — INTRODUCTION OF “ PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL ” IN AMER
ICAN Book. – OBJECTIONS TO THE Novel TITLE. – GROWTH OF MOVEMENT FOR RESTORATION SCRIPTURAL NAME. –
APPENDIX WITH COMPARISON OF PRAYERS OF CONSECRATION,
AND GENEALOGY OF LITURGIES OF ANGLICAN COMMUNION.
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PART II. The Prayer Book and What it Teaches.
CHAPTER PAGB
135
XIII. -The HOLY COMMUNION. — THE PREPARA
TION OR PRO – ANAPHORA .
Three CLASSES OF SERVICE IN THE PRAYER Book. 1. PUBLIC
WORSHIP; 2. OCCASIONAL OFFICES FOR PRIESTS; 3. OCCA
SIONAL OFFICES FOR Bishops. —The Holy EUCHARIST AN
ORDINARY, NOT EXTRAORDINARY, SERVICE. — The “ LITURGY ”
PROPER A GREAT PREACHING Service. – THE ORDINARY OR
Pro – ANAPHORA, AND THE CANON OR ANAPHORA.
COMMUNION .” —TITLE OF THE OFFICE IN THE FIRST Book. –
ORIGIN OF “MISSA,” OR Mass. BETTER TITLE, HOLY
EUCHARIST. RUBRICS CONCERNING THE “ CURATE ,” ” Re
PULSION,” Place of the Holy Table, “ Fair Linen Cloth ,”
North OR “ Right” Side. —The Lord’s PRAYER, AND USE
OF ITALICS AND CAPITALS. —Ten COMMANDMENTS.
“ ANTE
.
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XIV . -THE COLLECTS .
COLLECTS, ETC., Show MIND OF THE CHURCH AS TO FREQUENCY OF CELEBRATION. —True Even of Good FRIDAY. — Collects
PECULIAR TO The West. —The SONNET OF Devotion.
ORIGIN OF THE WORD . — MOSTLY TRANSLATIONS FROM ANCIENT
Use. — INVOCATION OF Saints. — CRANMER AS A TRANSLATOR.
-ADDITIONAL COLLECTS IN SCOTTISH AND American Books.
CANON BRIGHT AND LORD MACAULAY ON COLLECTS. — Appen
dix SHOWING ORIGINAL SOURCES, AND CLASSIFICATION FOR
PRIVATE USE.
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– XV. – EPISTLES, GOSPELS, CREED, AND SERMON . . 154
Most OF EPISTLES AND Gospels AS IN Use OF SARUM. –
PRINCIPLE of their SELECTION. —AT FIRST ONLY SELECTIONS
FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. RETAINED IN ARMENIAN AND
Milanese LITURGIES. –ORIGIN OF THE EPISTLES OR “ APOST
LES.” — SITTING AT THE EPISTLES, STANDING AT THE Gospels.
-“Gloria Tibi. ” — The EUCHARISTIC Creed. -ORIGIN OF
THE ” Filioque.” — BOWING AT THE SACRED NAME. -THE
SERMON, AND THE BIDDING PRAYER .
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XVI. —The OFFERTORY, PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH ,
EXHORTATION , AND INVITATION .
OFFERINGS FOR SUPPORT OF THE CHURCH AND CLERGY. -ORIGIN
OF ENDOWMENTS. · THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND NOT “ STATE
Paid . ” —The MIXED CHALICE. Unleavened BREAD .
“ UNFERMENTED Wine.” -THE CREDENCE. “ INDIVIDUAL
Cups.” – PROTHESIS AND THE “ GREAT ENTRANCE .” . PRAYER
FOR CHRIST’S CHURCH MILITANT. — COMMEMORATION OF AND
PRAYER FOR THE FAITHFUL Departed . — WITHDRAWAL OF
COMMUNICANTS. – The EXHORTATION COMMUNION.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ” NOTICE” AND “ WARNING.” — “ YE
THAT DO TRULY, ETC.” — “ Kiss of Peace.” – False INTER
PRETATION OF THE INVITATION AS APPLYING TO ALL PERSONS
CONFIRMED OF UNCONFIRMED .
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XVII. -CONFESSION, ABSOLUTION, COMFORTABLE
WORDS
No GENERAL CONFESSION IN ROMAN OR MEDIAEVAL ENGLISH
LITURGY. –The “ CONFITEOR ” ONLY FOR THE CELEBRANT AND
HIS ASSISTANTS. – The Use OF AN UNKNOWN Tongue PRE
VENTED A GENERAL CONFESSION. – PRIVATE OR “ AURICULAR ”
CONFESSION . – VOLUNTARY IN THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH . –
STILL VOLUNTARY IN ALL THE ORIENTAL CHURCHES. — ABSO
LUTION AND THE “ MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION .” —The
COMFORTABLE WORDS. – A FITTING Close OF THE PREPARA
TION OR PRO – ANAPHORA.
FOR –
XVIII. —The CELEBRATION : ANAPHORA OR CANON 172
The “ SURSUM Corda . ” ” SANCTUS” OR ” TRISAGION .”
PROPER PREFACES. — PREFACE TRINITY SUNDAY.
PRAYER OF HUMBLE Access. — PRAYER OF CONSECRATION IN
ENGLISA Book LACKING IN INVOCATION . — L’ESTRANGE ON
THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE Revisers. – CORRECTED IN SCOT
TISH AND AMERICAN Books. — ” The CONTINUAL REMEM
BRANCE.” -The “ ANAMNESIS ” IN THE PASSOVER AND THE
SHEW BREAD . —THE MEMORIAL OF MELCHIZEDEC AND THE
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CHAPTER Bow In The Cloud. — HYMN OF Canon BRIGHT. — ” We ”
WITNESS TO THE PRIESTHOOD OF ALL THE PEOPLE. – BUT NO
CONTRADICTION OF THE MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD. — LIDDON
AND GORE ON “ SACERDOTALISM .”
– XIX. -CHRIST’S PRESENCE IN THE HOLY COMMUNION 185
THE CHURCH HAS NO THEORY AS TO How. – TRANSUBSTANTIA
TION. — ARTICLE XXVIII AND POPE GELASIUS. — CONSUB
STANTIATION AND THE THEORY OF ZWINGLI. —All Theories EQUALLY OBJECTIONABLE. PRINCESS ELIZABETH . – THE
Fact, AND NOT THE MANNER OF THE PRESENCE. – S. T.
COLERIDGE AND HOOKER. —A Good Test -QUESTION. CANON
Scott HOLLAND ON THE CENTRAL ACT OF PUBLIC WORSHIP .
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XX . -COMMUNION AND Post – COMMUNION
Self -EXAMINATION. Bishop C. WORDSWORTH, Bishop KING
‘ DON , Dr. Pusey, AND THE CONVOCATION OF CANTERBURY ON
Fasting RECEPTION . — “ INTO THE Hands.” — Rule TAUGHT
BY S. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM. VARIOUS CUSTOMS AS TO AD
COMMUNICATE.” – ” Daily BREAD .”
“ GLORIA IN Excelsis.” CONSUMPTION OF ELEMENTS, AND
ABLUTIONS. RESERVED SACRAMENT. “ BLACK RUBRIC. ”
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MINISTRATION .
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XXI. — DAILY MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER :
MATINS AND EVENSONG
The SUCCESSOR OF THE DAILY PRAYERS OF THE TEMPLE AND
SYNAGOGUE. — PRESERVED FOR THE PEOPLE ONLY IN THE
ANGLICAN COMMUNION. —THE RULE AS EARLY AS THE THIRD
CENTURY. — IN THE FOURTH CENTURY INCREASED AND ELAB
ORATED . UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE MONASTERIES DE
VELOPED INTO SEVEN . IMPRACTICABLE FOR ORDINARY USE. –
MATINS AND EVENSONG FORMED FROM THESE ON DEFINITE
Plan . — SENTENCES OR “ CAPITULA,” EXHORTATION, CONFE3
SION, CONCERNING Late – COMERS. ABSENCE
OFFICE HYMNS.
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CHAPTER XXII. -THE PSALTER
Praise THE DOMINANT Note Of The Psalms. —THE ” Venite,”
OR INVITATORY. -OUR LORD’s USE OF THE PSALMS ON THE
Cross. – ARCHBISHOP ALEXANDER AND S. AUGUSTINE ON
THE PSALMS. –THE VALUE OF THEIR CONSTANT RECITATION .
The “ IMPRECATORY” Psalms. · BISHOP BUTLER ON “ RE
SENTMENT.” – THE THEORY OF Moses MENDELSSOHN, AND
OTHERS. PECULIARITY OF HEBREW POETRY FOR TRANSLA
TION . — LIDDON ON CRANMER. PECULIARITY OF THE PRAYER
Book TRANSLATION. —The DESIRABLILTY AND NEED OF ENG
LISH Titles. —VALUE OF ANTIPHONS. —The ARRANGEMENT
OF THE PSALMS FOR RECITATION. —The SCOTTISH PLAN. –
METHODS OF SINGING. — HOOKER ON THE OBJECTIONS OF THE
PURITANS. — Appendix 1: SUGGESTED ENGLISH TITLES FOR THE Psalms. — Appendix II: Music IN THE CHURCH. DUPAN
LOUP AND DARWIN.- PLAIN SONG. -COUNCIL OF TRENT.
PALESTRINA. — ” AUTHENTIC ” AND ” PLAGAL” Modes. Mer
BECKE, TALLIS, AND ANGLICAN CHANTS. — METRICAL HYMNS
AND PSALMS.
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XXIII. -THE LESSONS AND CANTICLES
SCRIPTURE LESSONS IN THE MEDIÆVAL SERVICES VERY Brief. –
PLAN OF READING Old Testament Once Each YEAR, AND THE
New Twice. – SOME PROPER LESSONS FIRST APPOINTED IN
1559. — CHANGES IN 1662. — In Use in AMERICA TILL 1789,
IN ENGLAND TILL 1871. —The “ Te Deum ” A HYMNLIKE
Creed . -The “ BENEDICITE. ” – S. AUGUSTINE AND COLE
RIDGE ON THE WITNESS OF NATURE TO GOD. ‘ BENEDICTUS ”
JUBILATE. ” — EVENSONG AND NOT VESPERS The Name
IN THE ENGLISH Book. —The “ MAGNIFICAT.” —ARCHBISHOP
ALEXANDER ON ITS AGE, LIDDON ON ITS CHARACTER. — “ Can
TATE DOMINO,” ” Nunc DIMITTIS,” AND ” Deus MISEREATUR. ”
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XXIV. – THE CREED .. 245
Not Three Creeds. – Not A COMPOSITION OF Human Reason.
– DIFFERENT FROM MODERN “ CONFESSIONS” IN ITS SIMPLICITY .
– THE KEY OF ALL INTELLECTUAL DIFFICULTIES. – A “ FORM
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CHAPTER PAGE
OF SOUND WORDS” EXISTING BEFORE THE New TESTAMENT. –
A Necessity STILL FOR ALL. — R. H. HUTTON ON The Value
OF THE CREED. — Its USE BY AN AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPLORER,
BY A LITTLE CHILD, BY CATHARINE CRAUFORD TAIT.
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XXV . -THE THREE CREEDS
The Creed A SUMMARY OF Facts UNDISCOVERABLE BY HUMAN
REASON. – CHRIST THE GREAT Creed – Maker. THE FORM
OFTEN DIFFERED IN DIFFERENT Dioceses. THE SUBSTANCE
ALWAYS THE SAME. – That Of AQUILEIA THE NORM OF THE
West. — Its ANCIENT PLACE AFTER PSALMS AND Lessons. –
The Nicene CREED IN THE LITURGY. Why FORMERLY SAID
Secretly. —THE ORIGINAL OF THE NICENE PROBABLY THAT OF
JERUSALEM AND CAESAREA. — Its ADOPTION AT Nice. —The
ONLY QUESTION How BEST TO EXPRESS THE TRADITIONAL
Faith. —THE ADDITIONS Made AT CONSTANTINOPLE, EPHESUS,
AND CHALCEDON. THE “ Filioque , AND FROM THE Son .”
ARCHBISHOP ALEXANDER ON THE Nicene CREED. — The Creed
OR HYMN OF S. ATHANASIUS. – HILARY OR VICTRICIUS ITS
PROBABLE AUTHOR . — ACCEPTED AS A CREED ONLY IN THE
THIRTEENTH CENTURY. —The “ DAMNATORY ” Clauses.
KEBLE ON THIS Creed. – When Used IN THE ENGLISH Book.
Not PRINTED IN THE AMERICAN Book. — PRINTED BUT NOT
REQUIRED FOR Public Use IN * THE Irish Book.
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XXVI. —THE PRAYERS, LITANY, AND OCCASIONAL
PRAYERS
The “ MUTUAL SALUTATION” AND VERSICLES. COLLECT FOR THE
Day. – OTHER PRAYERS. AMERICAN REVISIONS IN 1789 AND
1892. — The LITANY OR ECTENE IN THE EAST AND West. –
S. AUGUSTINE’S LITANY AT CANTERBURY. – Hooker’s DEFENCE
OF THE LITANY AGAINST THE PURITANS. . “ SUNG OR SAID . ”
In Five Divisions.- ” FROM SCHISMS” ONLY INTRODUCED IN
1661 AFTER THE PURITAN AND Roman Sects FORMED IN 1568,
1570 , 1572, AND 1633. — ALL PETITIONS BUT Three ADDRESSED
TO THE LORD Jesus. —THE AMERICAN CHANGES. -OCCASIONAL
PRAYERS, ETC. – Need OF ADDITIONAL PRAYERS.
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CONTENTS xxi
PAGE
. 272
CHAPTER XXVII. –ORNAMENTS OF THE CHURCH AND OF THE
MINISTERS THEREOF
Few Ritual DIRECTIONS IN THE BOOK OF 1549. — The “ ORNA
MENTS RUBRIC” ADOPTED IN 1559 TO CORRECT THE ABUSES
OF THE PURITANS. —The INTERPRETATION OF THE ENGLISH
FINAL Court of Appeal IN 1857. —The Force of the ORNA
MENTS RUBRIC IN THE AMERICAN CHURCH. – The Use of
INCENSE AND LIGHTS.
XXVIII. -The BAPTISMAL OFFICES 281
The SARUM OFFICE VERY COMPLICATED. —The SIGN OF THE
Cross. – PURITAN OBJECTIONS. —The Gospel, AND THE RULE
AS TO SPONSORS. – MODIFICATION IN THE AMERICAN CHURCH.
-INFLUENCE OF ARCHBISHOP HERMANN’s Revisions.
IMMERSION POURING ALLOWED. HISTORICAL
AND GRAMMATICAL REASONS FOR POURING. – The PROPER
MINISTER. — LAY BAPTISM . — REGENERATION NOT CONVER
SION. – BAPTISM OF INFANTS. — BAPTISM OF ADULTS.
AND BOTH
295
–
XXIX . —The CATECHISM
INSTRUCTION OF CATECHUMENS IN THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH AND
IN MEDIAEVAL ENGLAND. — PRACTICAL NECESSITY FOR SUCH
A GUIDE TO ” FIRST PRINCIPLES” INSTEAD OF MERE BIBLE
Knowledge. —The Living CHURCH TO “ Teach ,” the Bible
THE CERTAINTY.” —THE BREVITY OF THE CATE
ENLARGEMENT PROPOSED BY THE Lower House of
CANTERBURY. CATECHIZING “ OPENLY IN THE CHURCH ”
SADLY NEGLECTED WITH Great Loss. —The Still More
EXPLICIT DIRECTION BY CANON IN THE AMERICAN CHURCH.
TO GIVE “ .
CHISM.
303 XXX. – CONFIRMATION
THOUGH NOT A SACRAMENT ” GENERALLY NECESSARY TO SALVA
TION, ” NEVERTHELESS ” ORDAINED BY CHRIST Himself . ”
Possesses ” AN OUTWARD Visible SIGN AND AN INWARD
SPIRITUAL Grace.” -ONE OF Sıx “ PRINCIPLES OF Christ’s
DOCTRINE.” — CONFIRMATIONS IN SAMARIA AND EPHESUS. –
Many ALLUSIONS TO CONFIRMATION AS ” THE SEAL,” ” UNC
1
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CHAPTER PAGE TION, ” ” ANOINTING .” CONTINUOUS Use FROM THE BEGIN
NING. —The True PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF CONFIRMATION.
Not MERELY “ CONFIRMING” BUT “ BEING CONFIRMED.”
The LAYMAN’S ORDINATION TO PRIESTHOOD. —THE MINISTER
OF CONFIRMATION. -The ORIENTAL RULE. – NONE TO BE
ADMITTED TO Holy COMMUNION UNLESS CONFIRMED, OR
READY AND Desirous. — METHODS OF CONFIRMING.
CANDIDATES.
–
– AGE OF
–
.
318
XXXI. -— SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY: MAR
RIAGE AND DIVORCE
VALID MARRIAGE NOT DEPENDENT ON SOLEMNIZATION. -A
NATURAL UNION , “ ONE FLESH , ” INDISSOLUBLE EXCEPT BY
Death . – GRIEVOUSLY ABUSED AMONG THE Jews. —The
Divine Law RESTATED BY OUR LORD. —ONLY ONE GROUND
FOR “ PUTTING Away, ” NONE FOR REMARRIAGE. – The BOND
NOT BROKEN BY ADULTERY, BUT ONLY PROFANED. – S. Paul’s
INTERPRETATION OF CHRIST’S COMMAND. —TESTIMONY OF THE
APOSTOLIC FATHERS AND OF THE FIRST TAree CENTURIES.
The Cause of Loose Ideas IN THE EASTERN CHURCH. -THE
STRICTNESS OF THE West, ESPECIALLY IN ENGLAND. — The
Low TEACHING OF THE PROTESTANT LEADERS IN GERMANY, AND
OF THE PURITANS IN ENGLAND. – The First Divorce COURT
SET UP BY THE ENGLISH STATE IN 1857. —The Law of ENG
LAND THAT OF AMERICA UNTIL THE REVOLUTION. — RAPID
DETERIORATION IN EVERY STATE EXCEPT SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Law of THE ENGLISH, IRISH , SCOTTISH , AND AMERICAN
PRAYER Books RECOGNIZES NO DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
EXCEPT BY DEATH. — REMARRIAGE OF ” THE INNOCENT PARTY ”
IN THE AMERICAN CHURCH. — The VERDICT OF EXPERIENCE.
SUM OF THE TEACHING OF THE New TESTAMENT.
–
.
333
XXXII. – SOLEMINZATION OF MATRIMONY : THE
OFFICE .
MARRIAGE AMONG CHRISTIANS CELEBRATED
Religious Rites. — FORBIDDEN BY CUSTOM DURING LENT
SINCE THE FOURTH CENTURY. – The PURPOSE OF BANNS AND
LICENSE. — ” IMPEDIMENTS ” AND THE Table OF PROHIBITED
ALWAYS WITH
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CONTENTS xxiii
CHAPTER PAGE DEGREES. – DIRIMENT AND ECCLESIASTICAL IMPEDIMENTS.
The MEDIÆVAL SERVICE BEGAN AT THE CHURCH PORCH.
THE ESPOUSAL OR “ ENGAGEMENT.” THE NUPTIALS OR BE
TROTHAL . “ The MAN ON THE RIGHT HAND. ” — ” Obey ” .
The RING. -OMISSIONS IN THE AMERICAN OFFICE. — HOOKER
ON THE NUPTIAL COMMUNION. —The SCOTTISH PROVISION FOR
A EUCHARIST.
–
. . 341
–
XXXIII. -· VISITATION VISITATION AND COMMUNION OF THE
SICK
VISITATION REQUIRED IN Holy SCRIPTURE, AND PLEDGED IN
ORDINATION Vow. THE SALUTATION OF Peace. “ SPECIAL
CONFESSION” AND ” ABSOLUTION ” VOLUNTARY. ANOINTING
OF THE SICK IN BOOK OF 1549. AUTHORITY OF OUR LORD AND
OF S. James. —The LAMBETH CONFERENCE ON UNCTION OF
THE SICK. — VARIATIONS IN AMERICAN, SCOTTISH , AND IRISH
Offices. — COMMUNION OF THE SICK. – RESERVATION OF THE
HOLY SACRAMENT. (See ALSO CHAPTER XX ). — RUBRIC
CONCERNING “ SPIRITUAL COMMUNION. ”
– –
XXXIV. BURIAL OF THE DEAD 349
INTERMENT THE CUSTOM OF BOTH THE JEWISH AND THE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH. CREMATION OR INCINERATION . — MEDIÆVAL SER
VICES VERY ELABORATE. – BULK OF PRESENT Service FOUND
IN THE Ancient Use. — “ IN THE MIDST OF LIFE, ETC. ” – Its
Use PECULIAR TO ANGLICAN COMMUNION. – VARIATIONS IN
AMERICAN , IRISH, AND SCOTTISH OFFICES. BENEDICTION OF
A GRAVE. — EUCHARIST AT BURIAL IN BOOK OF 1549.
356
XXXV. -OTHER OCCASIONAL OFFICES: CHURCHING
OF WOMEN, ETC. .
CHURCHING OFFICE VARIES LITTLE FROM THAT OF SARUM . –WAY
Called “ CHURCHING . ” – VARIATIONS IN AMERICAN AND IRISH
Books. — VALUE OF THE OFFICE. —The COMMINATION OFFICE
PRACTICALLY IDENTICAL WITH THE MEDIAEVAL Use. – WHOLLY
OMITTED BY THE AMERICAN CHURCH IN 1789. —THE SUPPLICA
TIONS WITH SOME ADDITIONS RESTORED IN 1892 AS A “PENITEN
xxiv CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
TIAL OFFICE.” – FORMS OF PRAYER FOR Use at SEA. AMERI
CAN AND IRISH OFFICE FOR VISITATION OF PRISONERS. — FAMILY
PRAYERS IN AMERICAN BOOK . Three SERVICES OMITTED
FROM ENGLISH BOOK IN 1859.
. .
363
–
XXXVI. —The ORDINAL : THE WITNESS OF HOLY
SCRIPTURE
PREFACE. —OUR LORD EVER LOYAL TO PRIESTHOOD OF JEWISH
CHURCH. His METHOD OF PREPARING FOR His Own CHURCH.
– Chooses Twelve AS His MASTER BUILDERS. —TRAINS
AND EMPOWERS THEM. Gives COMMANDMENTS”
WHICH ARE ONLY KNOWN BY THEIR Acts. — “APOSTOLIC SUC
CESSION ” SEEN FROM THE BEGINNING. — The Second ORDER,
ELDERS, PRESBYTERS, OR Priests. Bishop, MEANING OVER
SEER, APPLIED AT FIRST TO Both APOSTLES AND PRESBYTERS.
CONFINRD LATER TO APOSTLES. —THE THIRD ORDER, Deacons.
66 1
THEM
372
XXXVII. -THE ORDINAL : THE WITNESS OF
ANCIENT AUTHORS
ALL CHURCH WRITERS IN THE FIRST THREE CENTURIES AGREE
IN REGARDING The Three ORDERS AS OF Divine AUTHORITY.
Clement, IGNATIUS, POLYCARP, HEGESIPPUS, Irenaeus. —THE HOSTILE JUDGMENT OF GIBBON . – HOOKER’S CHALLENGE TO
THE PURITANS. — Diocesan EPISCOPACY AND APOSTOLIC SUC
CESSION TWO Distinct Things: EVEN IN THE SIXTH CENTURY
DIVISION INTO DIOCESES WAS NOT FOUND IN IRELAND AND
NORTHERN SCOTLAND. – S. JEROME’S STATEMENT. — A Suc
CESSION THROUGH PRESBYTERS NOT RECOGNIZED ANYWHERE.
ONLY Two THEORIES Exist AS TO THE MINISTRY. – THE
UNSOUNDNESS OF THE NON -Catholic Theory SEEN IN
DISSIDENCE OF Dissent. ”
THE
385
XXXVIII. — The ORDINAL : IMAGINED DIFFICUL
TIES IN THE SUCCESSION
SUCCESSION NOT A CHAIN, BUT A NET-WORK . ANALOGOUS TO
ALL Civil GOVERNMENT. – CONSECRATION BY Three BISHOPS
WITH KNOWLEDGE OF ALL BISHOPS IN THE PROVINCE. Rule
CONTENTS XXV
PAGE
.
CHAPTER OF COUNCIL OF Nice. SUCCESSION OF BISHOPS BETTER
ATTESTED THAN THE SUCCESSION OF HOLY SCRIPTURE.
” UNWORTHINESS OF MINISTERS” NO BAR. —Article XXVI,
AND BISHOP GORE. — PREFACE ONLY States UNASSAILABLE
HISTORICAL Facts. —The STRANGE INTERPRETATION OF “ IN
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, ” OR “ IN THIS CHURCH . ” —The
Gain WON BY Self -CONSTITUTED MINISTRIES NO COMPENSATION
FOR THE Terrible Loss THAT COMES FROM DISUNION. — The
Vast MAJORITY OF CHRISTIANS STILL RETAIN THE APOSTOLIC
MINISTRY. —The DECLARATION OF THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE
OF 1888 .
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393
–
–
–
–
XXXIX . -ORDINALS PRIMITIVE, MEDIÆVAL, AND
MODERN
THE ORDINAL ALWAYS EMBEDDED IN THE OFFICE FOR HOLY
COMMUNION . — THE WITNESS OF THE EARLY CHURCH ORDERS.
– PRAYER WITH LAYING ON OF HANDS The ESSENTIAL ACT OF
ORDINATION. – DIFFERENCES OF USAGE AT ORDINATION OF
BISHOPS. The Normal FORM OF PRAYER FOR BISHOPS AND
PRIESTS. Prieste UNITE IN ORDINATION OF PRIESTS.
DEACONS ORDAINED BY BISHOP ALONE. — MEDIÆVAL ORDINALS
OVERLAID BY CUSTOMS WHICH OBSCURED THE True NATURE OF
ORDINATION. — “ BESTOWAL OF THE INSTRUMENTS.” — BOR
FEUDAL CUSTOMS. OTHER CEREMONIES
TENDED | TO CONFUSION. — COMPARISON
PRESENT ROMAN ORDINAL WITH THE PRESENT ENGLISH.
The Revised ORDINAL ISSUED IN 1550. — Few CHANGES IN 1552.
– FORM FOR CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH OR CHAPEL
ADDED TO THE AMERICAN BOOK IN 1799, AND TO THE IRISH IN
1877. —The OFFICE OF INSTITUTION OF MINISTERS Added TO
THE AMERICAN BOOK IN 1804. —THE ARTICLES OF RELIGION,
– APPENDIX GIVING OUTLINE OF SARUM ORDINAL.
ROWED FROM –
WHICH – OF THE
.
.
. 405 XL. -CONCLUSION
The APOSTOLIC LITURGY. –TRACED TO ALL ENGLISH SPEAKING
LANDS. – Its Many TRANSLATIONS, AND MANY HUMAN
STRAINS. — CRANMER’S WORK AND His DIFFICULTIES.
GREATNESS AND HIS INFIRMITIES. Canon Mason’s ESTIMATE
His
xxvi CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
OF THE MAN. – SUMMARY OF ABUSES REMEDIED AND BENEFITS
GAINED. — THE LARGE Place GIVEN TO HOLY SCRIPTURE.
DR. DÖLLINGER’S COMMENT ON Tais. CREDIT DUE TO THE
PURITANS. – THE SUPERB LITERARY STYLE OF THE Book
THOUGH LARGELY A TRANSLATION. —THE JUDGMENT OF
LIDDON , MACAULAY, AND A ROMAN CATHOLIC WRITER . —Yet
STILL CAPABLE OF IMPROVEMENT AND ADAPTATION TO New
CONDITIONS.
INDEX 413