By Kirk Petersen The Prayer Book, Liturgy & Music committee has scheduled three sessions of online legislative hearings on Saturday, February 19 to hear testimony on 25 proposed resolutions, many of them related to prayer book revision, a hot topic at the 2018 General Convention. Hearings on resolutions are being held online for the first time this year, and before … [Read more...] about Prayer Book Debate Begins Again for General Convention
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Liturgical Revision’s Unintended Consequences
By Lawrence N. Crumb Liturgical revision always begins with good intentions, but often ends with unintended results. When Archbishop Cranmer compiled the first Book of Common Prayer in 1549, he was concerned with a situation in which the laity attended Mass every Sunday but received Holy Communion only once a year. To correct the situation, he included a rubric: “So many as … [Read more...] about Liturgical Revision’s Unintended Consequences
Bishop Love Loses Trial on Same-Sex Marriage
By Kirk Petersen The Albany Standing Committee and the Communion Partners issued letters supporting Bishop Love A Hearing Panel has unanimously ruled that the only remaining American bishop who has refused to permit same-sex marriage rites in his diocese thereby violated his vow to "engage to conform to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of the Episcopal … [Read more...] about Bishop Love Loses Trial on Same-Sex Marriage
Website Provides Guide to Resources on Prayer Book Revision
By Kirk Petersen Prayer book revision is a perennial hot topic, and the Church has launched a new website at EpiscopalCommonPrayer.org designed to facilitate the many conversations under way, in diocesan liturgical commissions, collections of essays, and a variety of other venues. The 2018 General Convention passed a resolution, A068, calling for creation of a Task Force … [Read more...] about Website Provides Guide to Resources on Prayer Book Revision
Jubilate: A Conference on Prayer Book Revision and Language
By Calvin Lane What sort of language should we use, as Episcopalians, to speak about and pray to God? What words have shaped and captured our imagination as a church? And how, at a time of precipitous decline, will our prayer life inform our mission? These questions, and more, were faced directly at Jubilate, a conference on prayer book revision sponsored by the Diocese … [Read more...] about Jubilate: A Conference on Prayer Book Revision and Language
Robust Conversation on Prayer Book Revision
Review by Calvin Lane Issues in Prayer Book Revision, Volume 1 Edited by Robert W. Prichard Church Publishing, pp. 260, $24.95 Conversations about prayer book revision have been happening for years within the Episcopal Church. Bishops have been talking. Theologians have been talking. Musicians have been talking. Clergy and lay alike have been talking. TLC, … [Read more...] about Robust Conversation on Prayer Book Revision
Deputies Approve Revising Prayer Book
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald The House of Deputies overwhelmingly approved a comprehensive $8 million revision to the 1979 Book of Common Prayer in what some see as a first step toward adding same-sex marriage rites and feminine language for God. The vote, counted by orders, passed by a margin of 63 to 30 (with 17 divided) among clergy. The lay deputy vote ran 69 in favor to … [Read more...] about Deputies Approve Revising Prayer Book
Prayer Book Revision: 2 Options
A weblog post launches the conversation of the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music’s two-option proposal on prayer book revision: In its report to General Convention, the SCLM proposes two options: a) a comprehensive plan for full-on prayer book revision, and b) a plan for a deeper, church-wide engagement with our existing prayer book, which includes a proposal for … [Read more...] about Prayer Book Revision: 2 Options