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Increase in subscriptions for 1992-1993 | 230.12 KB |
Reflections on prayer and an extract from Carmina Gadelica.
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Editorial | 640.48 KB |
Reflections on prayer and an extract from Carmina Gadelica.
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How did Jesus pray? | 640.48 KB |
Reflections on prayer and an extract from Carmina Gadelica.
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Easter Sunday: an extract from Carmina Gadelica | 455.64 KB |
Sacramental dimensions of ordinary life and in religion. The place of the arts (and their absence in much Presbyterian worship) is noted, as is the importance of gesture and posture. Roman Catholic views of the such matters are contrasted with those which have emerged in the Protestant tradition and the charge that a recovery of the latter would compromise our position is countered. In particular, the understanding of what is believed to happen during a eucharistic celebration is discussed, where an emphasis on spiritual reception is favoured. The author argues for the reinstatement of a central altar to bring more to the fore the elements of offering and sacrifice inherent in Communion, seeing the proper position of the minister not as behind the table but in the midst of the people.
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Protestant Sacramentalism | 3.35 MB |
The author outlines the factors by which the date of Easter each year is calculated and defends the process against suggestions that the date be standardised.
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Decoding the Date: Some calendar Notes on Eastertide | 945.07 KB |
A paper delivered to the Edinburgh University Theological Society
The Church is liturgy. Early Reformed documents stress this, but to glorify liturgy to the point of apotheosis is wrong. Liturgy should be understood as all we do as Christians; distinction should not be made between worship and work. In worship, the reality of salvation is represented to us and God calls, challenges and empowers us to respond, a transforming encounter. An account is given of the Liturgical Movement, as well as the new understandings that have come as a result of liturgical studies. The establishment of the Church Service Society, and publications and movements that led to this, are noted. The writings of Max Thurian are appealed to in discussing liturgical practice today: worship should be God-ward not man-ward, emphasizing doxology rather than didacticism, it should be sacramental, it should be ecumenical, and it should be missionary.
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The Place of the Liturgy in the Church | 4.85 MB |
This, first celebrated at the Faith and Order meeting at Lima, Peru, in 1982, is reproduced in its entirety, complete with musical responses.
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The Lima Liturgy | 3.11 MB |
A sample from An Unemployment Worship Book.
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Prayers for the Unemployed | 721.19 KB |
The forthcoming Book of Common Order and the possibility that a body of collects for the Celtic saints would be included [in the end, this was not pursued]. Some practical matters in relation to the Advent wreath.
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Editorial | 1.2 MB |
The author focuses on Leighton’s ministry in Newbattle (beginning in 1641), particularly his preaching, and his Principalship of the University of Edinburgh, where he lectured and preached mainly in Latin. Leighton went on to become Bishop of Dunblane and then Archbishop of Glasgow.
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Concerning Archbishop Robert Leighton | 5.13 MB |
These feature the themes of justice, judgement, law and grace.
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Prayers for the Opening of a Civil Court | 676.37 KB |
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Holy Baptism: The Rite of Initiation | 5.28 MB |
The treatment of the theme is in nine main sections: 1. The scope of the sacrament, 2. The substance of the sacrament, 3. Early practice, 4. The development of Confirmation as a separate rite, 5. Reformed practice, 6. Development since the Reformation, 7. Practical considerations (place in the service, who should be present in the baptism of an infant, the baptism itself, pastoral considerations), 8. Proof of baptism, 9. Looking to the future.
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Holy Baptism: The Rite of Initiation | 5.28 MB |
The themes are: beginning of worship, penitential, liturgy of the Word, offertory, dedication, thanksgiving, intercession, affirmation, Baptism, Eucharist, dismissal, Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, the life of Christ, Lent, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost. Space is given to write in other hymns which also relate to these themes.
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Songs of God’s People: A theme index (Pull-out section) | 1.48 MB |