Anglican Confirmation 1820-1945

Anglican Confirmation 1820-1945
Author: Phillip Tovey
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2024-06-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1040029337

This book focuses on Anglican Confirmation in theology, liturgy, and practice from 1820 to 1945. This was a period of great change in the ways Anglicans approached Confirmation. The Tractarian movement transformed the Communion, and its ideas were carried overseas with the missionary movement. The study examines the development of a two-stage theology and its reception. It analyses the wave of liturgical revision expressed in England in the 1928 Prayer Book. It explores the episcopal changes in practice from the eighteenth-century paradigm to a new way of confirming. The revolution of the time has left a legacy that still informs practice, while doubts about theology and its liturgical application have left an existential crisis. The author reflects on how the current situation in various provinces has its roots in this period and the diffusion of ideas in the Communion. The book offers a fresh systematic examination of the neglected ecclesial practice of Confirmation, providing a more holistic view and clarifying developments to help us better understand the present. It will be of particular interest to scholars of Christian theology, liturgy, ecclesiology, and church history.

Holy Baptism

Holy Baptism
Author: Darwell Stone
Publisher:
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1899
Genre: Baptism
ISBN:

Continuing the Reformation

Continuing the Reformation
Author: Ruth A. Meyers
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0898696976

This book documents the Episcopal Church's developing focus on baptism within the context of the liturgical movement, the emerging understanding of the eucharist, prayer book revision, and the confirmation dilemma. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, the author presents a credible case in support of her belief that a baptismal ecclesiology is emerging from these events that have enabled people to accept a radically different initiatory pattern in the church. This book exhibits clarity on the issues discussed with the support of solid scholarship and lucid writing.