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The Ceremonial of the English Church

von Vernon Staley

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE RELATION OF CEREMONIAL TO DOCTRINE. OUTWARD forms and ceremonies in divine service are visible and sensible expressions of spiritual worship, by a due use of which Almighty God is glorified, and His servants are edified and educated. In order that these important ends may be secured, it is a necessity that religious ceremonial should be regulated by the demands of religious truth. Our Lord has taught us that we are to worship not only ' in spirit, ' but also ' in truth.' Right ceremonial is both the exponent and the safeguard of truth. ceremonial As we have already pointed out, the exponent men are more profoundly affected of truth. by what they see, than by what they hear. For example, a representation of Christ crucified has more power to move the heart of an ordinary person, than any account in words of the crucifixion.2 It is in accordance with i St. John iv. 23. 3 A girl was looking at the picture of the scene of the crucifixion, and I asked her what she thought of it. She said, ' It hurts me.' I asked her why ? She said, ' It hurts this fact, that the Church employs outward and visible signs and actions, in order to exhibit inward and spiritual truths to her children. Experience bears witness that the employment of religious ceremonies of an appropriate kind is an effectual means of recalling, setting forth, and impressing, the great truths of Christianity upon the minds of men. Religious actions speak for themselves, in a language understanded of the people. It is, thus, a matter of the first importance, that every ceremonial act used in divine worship should be an apt expression of some truth or other; and, further, that everyone who takes part in, or makes use of, any given ceremonial act should do so with a view to confessing, ...… (mehr)
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The purpose, history and practice of ceremonial in the Church of England from a Prayer-Book Catholic perspective. Interesting if rather partisan. ( )
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE RELATION OF CEREMONIAL TO DOCTRINE. OUTWARD forms and ceremonies in divine service are visible and sensible expressions of spiritual worship, by a due use of which Almighty God is glorified, and His servants are edified and educated. In order that these important ends may be secured, it is a necessity that religious ceremonial should be regulated by the demands of religious truth. Our Lord has taught us that we are to worship not only ' in spirit, ' but also ' in truth.' Right ceremonial is both the exponent and the safeguard of truth. ceremonial As we have already pointed out, the exponent men are more profoundly affected of truth. by what they see, than by what they hear. For example, a representation of Christ crucified has more power to move the heart of an ordinary person, than any account in words of the crucifixion.2 It is in accordance with i St. John iv. 23. 3 A girl was looking at the picture of the scene of the crucifixion, and I asked her what she thought of it. She said, ' It hurts me.' I asked her why ? She said, ' It hurts this fact, that the Church employs outward and visible signs and actions, in order to exhibit inward and spiritual truths to her children. Experience bears witness that the employment of religious ceremonies of an appropriate kind is an effectual means of recalling, setting forth, and impressing, the great truths of Christianity upon the minds of men. Religious actions speak for themselves, in a language understanded of the people. It is, thus, a matter of the first importance, that every ceremonial act used in divine worship should be an apt expression of some truth or other; and, further, that everyone who takes part in, or makes use of, any given ceremonial act should do so with a view to confessing, ...

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