Hello all, Re. ICEL: I am amazed that ICEL's translations would be adopted by those who do not have to adopt them. Even the Catholics are moving away from...
Scott Knitter wrote: <<I like to hear some effort made to treat the Gospel of the day as a story, in a context, not just a selection of verses from which may...
I'd like to start some discussion om Gregory Dix' Shape of the Liturgy. The four action plan seems to predominate in Anglican ande Lutheran thought. What about...
I have been considering posting this for some time, and now I feel like it might be an interesting time (given our recent lively discussions) to propose a...
... I own a copy of the ASB (and I think a similar lectionary is found in the 1984 Irish Alternative Prayer Book), and while I find the material, uh. . . ...
Hi , I heardthis carol this morning for the first timeand I like it. However I am having a thick moment (I have a lot of those it seems) and for the life of me...
Dear Kenneth, The first was the ASB 1980 Calendar which abandoned the thousand year old sequence of collects, epistles and gospels for a new set. It also ...
"The Christian Church sings. It is not a choral society. Its singing is not a concert. Singing is the highest form of human expression. . . What we can and...
I really must depreciate any further tinkering with the liturgical year. We have had two major changes in the Calendar in the Church of England in the last...
Some of the comments made on recent threads lead me to believe that there is confusion about the current system of developing and approving translations of the...
One wonders just how representative of English Church music of the early 18th century Handel might be. Maurice Green and other respectable native born...
Handel wrote a limited amount of Church music for the Duke of Chandos, Queen Anne, and George. I think the best know pieces today are the Utrecht "Te Deum"...
Blessed be God. ... you seem to assume that 'and with your spirit' was ever a common greeting. it was not. in fact it was always reserved to persons ordained...
In preparing for an LPM (Leadership Program for Musicians) on Music and the liturgy, and entering a territory about which I know little more than what I like...
Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher was addicted to them. Archbishop Ramsey didn't care for the old uniform and started wearing the purple cassock for everything...
Blessed be God. ... this is a time-honored tradition. in this line it might be interesting that in pre-Revolutionary Russia, the clerical estate had just as...
I think there is a lot of wisdom in the old BCP rubric "And it is desireable that the Bread be the best and purest that conveniently may be gotten". I would...
Blessed be God. ... I am struck by the similarity between this getup and that worn by some rebbes of some sects of hasidim (others go with the frock coat, but ...
(Long post -- skip over or browse if desired. :) Some of my observed experiences with the bread used in the eucharist cause me either to suppress giggles or...
When I used the expression 'State Dress' was thinking of the equivalent of a layman's Morning Dress or Evening Dress. In former times, the frock coat, apron...
Correction: I meant 18th century - but mistyped. None were dancing Gavotte at court anymore during 19th cent. Sorry ! In Christ +JE ... From: "Mar Johannes...
Actually cassocks were little worn in the Church of England in the period 1750 to 1900. Bishops wore apron and gaiters, and put on their rochet and chimere...
Hi folks, well, since we have had a lot of descriptions of bread today, let's see if anyone wants to share some recipies. We had the specific complaint today...
Hmm, do we connect earthiness with humility? Shalom in Yeshua ha Moshiach Michael Joe Thannisch mjthan@... The beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord. ...
Well, while we are all having fun debating blue for advent, I wanted to bring up another topic that often gets a bit warm under the collar. How far can one go...
My copy of the new Book of Divine Worship arrived today. It's the liturgy of the Anglican Use parishes in the Roman Catholic Church. My, it's thick! Imagine...
