Opening the Prayer Book (New Church's Teaching) (New Church's Teaching (Cowley Publications))
by Jeffrey Lee
What Roger Ferlo did for the Bible in Opening the Bible, volume 2 of The New Church's Teaching Series, Jeffrey Lee now does for the prayer book in volume 7 of the series. Opening the Prayer Book introduces us to the history and liturgies of The Book of Common Prayer, and helps us understand why the prayer book is such an important aspect of Anglican self-understanding. Lee begins with the fundamental question, "What is common prayer?" He explores some of the ways in which our worship according...
Comfortable Words (SCM Studies in Worship & Liturgy)
2012 is the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, now widely used in the Church of England and throughout the Anglican Communion. Comfortable Words draws together some of the world's leading liturgical scholars and historians who offer a comprehensive and accessible study of the Prayer Book and its impact on both Church and society over the last three and a half centuries. Comfortable Words includes new and original scholarship here about the use of the Book of Common Prayer at d...
A wide ranging new history of a key period in the history of the church in England, from the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688-89 to the Great Reform Act of 1832. This was a tumultuous time for both church and state, when the relationship between religion and politics was at its most fraught. This book presents evidence of the widespread Anglican commitment to harmony between those of differing religious views and suggests that High and Low Churchmanship was less divergent than usually assumed.
An in-depth look at the intense political struggles generated by the rise of an Evangelical party in the l840s and the challenge it posed to the dominant High Church group in the era of the Oxford Movement.
Journal of an Expedition Up the Niger and Tshadda Rivers (Cambridge Library Collection - Religion)
by Samuel Crowther
Captured by slavers as a boy, freed by the Royal Navy, and raised at a mission, Samuel Crowther in 1864 became the first African to be ordained as an Anglican bishop. As a priest, he accompanied the Scottish merchant MacGregor Laird on his expedition to West Africa in 1854, and celebrated Sunday services in a variety of bizarre locations and perilous conditions. This 1855 book is Crowther's detailed record of his journey aboard the steamboat Pleiad. Written from the unusual perspective of an Afr...
Swaddled in a sweet poem and wrapped in beautiful illustrations, "The Legend of the Christmas Kiss" delivers a surprisingly fun tale about how the angels sent a beautiful snowfall on the very first Christmas. It all begins with one little angel who wants to bless the newborn Jesus with a gift -- her kiss. But something special happens to her kiss after passing through the clouds below -- it becomes a glistening speck, drifting down and landing on the Christ child's cheek. Then as multitudes of a...
A Plain, But Full Exposition of the Catechism of the Church of England
by William Nicholson
When St. Benedict formed his first small community of monks at Monte Cassino on the hilltop, Italy--and much of Europe--was ravaged by war. The Roman Empire was breaking apart, and politics, cultural life, and even the Church, were all in disarray. In the midst of these tumultuous times, Benedict offered his followers a "little rule," a guide about the size of a checkbook, that showed his monks the way to peace as they learned to prefer Christ above all things. Though it was written nearly 1500...
The Truth Shall Make You Free
Promoting a Safer Church presents the Church of England's policy statement for safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, which applies to all Church bodies and Church officers. It sets out the five foundations on which the policy is based, the six policy commitments that need to underpin all safeguarding work within the Church, and the drive to improve safeguarding practice. All Church bodies should ensure that all Church officers have access to this policy statement and shoul...
Written in the form of letters from priests from the past who served in the same country parish (St Georges, Rollesby, Norfolk), this book includes their observations about life both national and local. Their views on political, social and ecclesiastical matters constitutes a commentary on nearly 1000 years of history. From Walter Rugg 1160 under the reign of Henry II, and including Simon Babingley 1361-1377 under Edward III, through William Adams 1708-1721 under Queen Anne, all the way up to An...