A BIBLICALLY INFORMED THEOLOGY BY WHICH WE APPROACH GOD

Anglican Worship

Anglican Worship

BeginningsHow do we worship?

Publicly Corporately Theologically

Development Cranmer’s Work The emergence of Anglo-Catholicism Current liturgical and theological innovations

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THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION Lutheranism Reformed

Calvinism Zwinglianism

The Radical Reformation

THE ENGLISH REFORMATION Wycliffe and Tyndale Henry VIII Cranmer Cambridge University Bucer and Bullinger Lutheranism and Calvinism The Puritan Movement

Anglican WorshipBeginnings

The Book of Common PrayerThe Book of Common Prayer

Normative

Publicly Liturgy: the “public

service of the people”

Corporately In the language of the

people Together: “common

prayer”

The Daily OfficeThe CollectsHoly CommunionBaptismMarriageBurial of the DeadHistoric Church

Documents

Anglican Worship How do we worship?

PRINCIPLE OF LEX ORANDI, LEX CREDENDI The Law of Prayer is the Law of Belief

What we Pray, We Believe THE FIVE “SOLAS” OF THE REFORMATION

Sola Scriptura Sola Fide Sola Gratia Sola Christus Sola Deo Gloria

How do we worship?Theologically

Theology….

“First it keeps me in touch with ‘sound doctrine.’ Left to oneself, one could easily slide away from the ‘faith once given’ into a phantom called ‘my religion.’”

CS Lewis

Letters to Malcolm Chiefly on Prayer p. 12-13

Sola Scriptura 73% of BCP comes directly from

Scripture

Sola Fide We are accounted righteous before God,

only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings. (Article XI)

Sola Gratia And we humbly beseech thee, O heavenly

Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in; through Jesus Christ our Lord

Theology

“First it keeps me in touch with ‘sound doctrine.’ Left to oneself, one could easily slide away from the ‘faith once given’ into a phantom called ‘my religion.’”

CS Lewis

Letters to Malcolm Chiefly on Prayer p. 12-13

Sola Christus Jesus is the only way to God “our only

mediator and advocate” (p.330) “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father” (p.332)

Jesus is unique “only-begotten Son of God” (p.327)

Jesus is sinless: Preface for Lent “Through Jesus Christ our Lord; who was tempted in every way as we are, yet did not sin”

Jesus is Savior “…didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross fro our redemption…a full, perfect, sufficient sacrifice…for the sins of the whole world”

Jesus is Lord “Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacrament, may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory, that He may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth” (p.215)

Jesus is Raised from the Dead “On the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven”

Theology

“First it keeps me in touch with ‘sound doctrine.’ Left to oneself, one could easily slide away from the ‘faith once given’ into a phantom called ‘my religion.’”

CS Lewis

Letters to Malcolm Chiefly on Prayer p. 12-13

Sola Deo Gloria God’s Holiness

Collect for Purity “Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid…”

Great Thanksgiving: Beginning - “All Glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father…” End – “all honor and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end”

Collects: “O Almighty God…O God, the King of glory…Almighty and everlasting God”

Sinful Humanity General Thanksgiving – “Almighty God,

Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks…”

Eucharistic Confession – “We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness…(the burden of our sins) is intolerable…” “Although we are unworthy, through our manifold sins, to off unto thee any sacrifice…”

Prayer of Humble Access “We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table”

Theology

“First it keeps me in touch with ‘sound doctrine.’ Left to oneself, one could easily slide away from the ‘faith once given’ into a phantom called ‘my religion.’”

CS Lewis

Letters to Malcolm Chiefly on Prayer p. 12-13

WORD AND SACRAMENT!

“For in the night in which he was betrayed, he took bread; and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take, eat, this is my Body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” Likewise, after supper, he took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink ye all of this; for this is my Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you, and for many, for the remission of sins. Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.”

No sermon, no sacrament! The word contextualizes the sacrament The sacrament seals the promises of the word

THE EXHORTATION AND LITANY OF 1544 The only “protestant” work completed during Henry’s lifetime Written in English Massive reduction in the understood role of the saints Reflects an exposure to Martin Luther

A secret visit in 1532 Royal negotiations with Lutheran Princes 1538

THE PRAYER BOOKS OF EDWARD VI (1547) 1549, 1552

Anglican Worship:Development

The Prayer Books of Edward VI1549, 1552

1549 Distinctives

1) Spoken in English

2) Priests could not take communion alone.

3) Bread and wine given to laity.

4) Retained ceremonial forms while dispensing with their theology

1552 Distinctives

1) No altar or eucharistic vestments

2) No reference to “body of Christ”…rather “take in remembrance that Christ died for thee..”

3) All reference to sacrificial offering removed

Thanks a lot Mary….

A long slow death…

1559 and 16621559 and 1662

1559 returns to a scarcely altered and thoroughly Protestant version of 1552

1662 “disses” the Puritans while giving leverage to “high” Anglicans Prayers for the dead restored “manual” acts restored Offering restored 1,760 ministers leave as a

result

Across the PondAcross the Pond

1789 Influenced by Scottish Episcopal and

Presbyterianism Epiclesis

1928 Of enormous theological depth Reformed theology, “high” Anglican

manual acts Consistent with historical

Anglicanism 1979

Uncomfortable with penitential tone of the 1928

Supplanted the 1928 rather than enhanced it

Displaced North American theology and worship from the wider Anglican church by neglecting Reformed theology (compare rite I and rite II)

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COMMITTED TO HISTORICAL ANGLICANISM Liturgical Worship By Prayer Book Authorized by Bishop

WORSHIP THAT IS ENGAGING AND RELEVANT Missional Faithful to heritage in essentials Varied in expression