A thoughtful article is offered by Robin Jordan at Anglicans Ablaze. Robin says:
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Writing the conclusion to my most recent article on the ACNA “theological lens” prompted to me to reflect upon the nature of Anglican worship. “What are its essential qualities?” I asked myself. ‘What are its general characteristics, its distinctive marks, its collective peculiarities?” Here are the fruits of my reflection.
1. Anglican worship is primarily liturgical. It for the most part uses set forms of words. These forms are taken directly from Scripture or they are agreeable to Scripture. They may be forms used in the first or second millennia of Christianity, which have, wherever necessary, been corrected by Scripture. Or they may be more recent compositions that fully conform to the teaching of the Bible.
2. Anglican worship has in more recent times also made room for less formal patterns of corporate worship on Sundays and other occasions. These patterns of corporate worship have less obvious structure than those found in the Prayer Book.
For more, see:
http://anglicansablaze.blogspot.com/2012/02/what-is-anglican-worship.html
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Writing the conclusion to my most recent article on the ACNA “theological lens” prompted to me to reflect upon the nature of Anglican worship. “What are its essential qualities?” I asked myself. ‘What are its general characteristics, its distinctive marks, its collective peculiarities?” Here are the fruits of my reflection.
1. Anglican worship is primarily liturgical. It for the most part uses set forms of words. These forms are taken directly from Scripture or they are agreeable to Scripture. They may be forms used in the first or second millennia of Christianity, which have, wherever necessary, been corrected by Scripture. Or they may be more recent compositions that fully conform to the teaching of the Bible.
2. Anglican worship has in more recent times also made room for less formal patterns of corporate worship on Sundays and other occasions. These patterns of corporate worship have less obvious structure than those found in the Prayer Book.
For more, see:
http://anglicansablaze.blogspot.com/2012/02/what-is-anglican-worship.html
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