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Vail, Thomas H.

 
9781330590775: The Comprehensive Church (Classic Reprint): Or, Christian Unity and Ecclesiastical Union in the Protestant Episcopal Church: Or, Christian Unity and ... Protestant Episcopal Church (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

Explore how public worship shapes a church and how change happens from within. This concise examination explains that the liturgical forms of the Protestant Episcopal Church are under church control and can be altered to meet changing times. It shows how the General Convention guides such changes and what that means for worship across dioceses.

The text argues that public worship is not fixed, but responsive to the needs and will of the church’s broader fellowship. It references the Book of Common Prayer, the Church’s constitutional provisions, and historical precedents to illuminate how liturgy and ceremony are balanced with doctrine and edification.


  • How liturgical forms are chosen, used, and potentially changed within the church structure

  • What the General Convention and diocesan authorities can and cannot do regarding worship

  • How the Liturgy interacts with doctrine, tradition, and the needs of worshiping communities

  • Reasons some Christians welcome a shared liturgy while others prefer varied forms



Ideal for readers interested in church governance, worship practices, and the relationship between religious authority and public prayer.

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Reseña del editor

Excerpt from The Comprehensive Church: Or, Christian Unity and Ecclesiastical Union in the Protestant Episcopal Church

The writer thinks that a capital mistake has been committed in the course of inquiry which has been generally pursued on this subject. He thinks that, in stead Of endeavoring to strike out an entirely new sys tem of ecclesiastical unity, the proper and only feasible course is to select, for the purpose of uniting within it.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Reseña del editor

Excerpt from The Comprehensive Church: Or, Christian Unity and Ecclesiastical Union in the Protestant Episcopal Church

Much has been said and published, of late years, on the subject of Christian Union - not enough to accomplish it, but enough to show that the minds of Christians are open to the inconveniences and dangers of sectarian divisions, and that their hearts are longing for some closer and happier communion than is allowed by the present divided state of the Christian Church. The many proofs presented daily, that Christians desire to be united, are encouraging to our hopes; while, at the same time, there is discouragement in the fact that the public mind seems to have settled down despondingly under the impression that no feasible plan can be proposed for the accomplishment of its desire.

The writer thinks that a capital mistake has been committed in the course of inquiry which has been generally pursued on this subject.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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