[Magdalen] Interesting perspective on BCP revision

[Jay Weigel]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:08 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Where was this, Jay?


Incarnation, Harrisonburg.



>
> 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.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
> love."*
> *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
>