| Customer Reviews: |
|
| |
| Great Resource for Episcopalians... |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
 |
|
This book is a great resource for Episcopalians who wants to know the liturgical elements behind the service. Albeit it really doesn't go all out to explain WHY, it still shows a lot of things you have seen or may not have.
As a member of a church who has presided over services like Morning and Evening Prayers to The Great Litany, I have found this to be a very cool resource: it marks everything down to the proper clothing to wear for a layperson celebrant.
There are illustrations, by the way-- pretty cool.
Really, the only thing I have against the book is the fact it doesn't go all out to tell us why things are done, but then again, it really doesn't have to. I have all kinds of books for that, and I'm sure there's more out there.
Happy reading!
|
| Reverend Father |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
 |
|
An excellent source of information for the seminarian or newly ordained. Coupled with the Book of Occasional Services, this product goes far in preparing clergy for presenting liturgy in all its beauty and power.
|
| What I expected |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
 |
|
I needed this for a class. I would not have purchased the book otherwise.
|
| A Priest's Handbook: The Ceremonies of the Church |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
|
|
Great information to have as a pastor, layperson or just member of a liturgical church family.
|
| Great Resource for Neglected Subject |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
|
|
Many of us in ministry have never had so much as a single seminary lecture devoted to proper liturgical practice. If you have ever questioned the proper way to administer communion to the the sick or homebound, if you have ever questioned the appropriate way to impose ashes on Ash Wednesday or do a Palm Sunday processional, you need this book. Although it is deliberately Anglican, and thus gives guidance for the liturgies particular to that tradition (Cf. References to BCP 1979 throughout), it is grounded in the Scriptures and informed by ancient and broadly catholic practice.
You can easily dispense with items that are incompatible with your own tradition and keep what remains.
|
