[Magdalen] Interesting perspective on BCP revision

[Grace Cangialosi]

Where was this, Jay?

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 6:47 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had the opportunity (or chose it, take your pick) to worship at an
> Anglican (ACNA) church on Easter. The worship was liturgical and anything
> but stodgy. The music was, surprisingly, less happy-clappy or saccharine
> than found in  your average Roman Catholic Church. The preaching was both
> biblical *and* social justice oriented. The congregation was diverse, both
> in terms of color and social structure (I saw everything from folks one
> step away from street people to those just this side of head-covering
> homeschoolers to obviously well-off..and the offspring of a couple of those
> were being baptized), and the church was bursting at the seams. I went more
> out of curiosity than anything else. If I didn't have such a disagreement
> over polity with the ACNA, I'd think about going there on a regular basis.
> More Episcopal churches need to find some of what they have. I will say
> that the few times I've attended the one in Harrisonburg, it does pretty
> well, though.
>
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 6:19 PM, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> > wrote:
>
> > If you look at the preface to the 1662 you will find that the revisers
> > recognized the need for periodic revision because words change their
> > meaning (or drop out of use) over time. More recent revisions have
> > recognized that we now have congregations that (at least for the most
> part)
> > can read. Likewise we can see the value of reading from the Old Testament
> > (partocularly important now that the Eucharist is often the only element
> in
> > people's liturgical diet. Various other liturgical changes reflect a more
> > balanced understanding of what the Church should be like, somewhere that
> > priest and people work together in the Church's mission and ministry
> rather
> > than the parson doing it all.
> >
> > Roger, who is not particularly looking forward to a couple of Sundays
> > where I will be presiding at 1662 Eucharists as the main Sunday service
> in
> > that church. I find it very priest-heavy with the congregation basically
> > sitting there as recipients.
> >
> >
> > On 26/04/2017 19:46, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> >
> >> Chad wrote: "Periodic revision is necessary because society changes."
> >>
> >> The late and much-loved Charles Price, who was on the editorial board of
> >> the '79 book--and wrote that wonderful General Thanksgiving on
> >> p. 836--told us that he thought the BCP should have its year on the
> front
> >> cover, just as the hymnals have.  That would suggest to people, even if
> >> subconsciously, that the book hadn't been handed down from on high,but
> was
> >> subject to periodic changes.
> >>
> >
> >
>



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Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

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