This book "is a contribution to the ongoing debate on the admission of children to the eucharist. The papers and resources included in the book come out of a recent consultation. They examine the subject from a variety of angles, ranging from the theological to the psychological. While it is true that by and large they favour the earlier admission of children to the sacrament, they are here brought together in the hope that they will promote further ecumenical debate on the subject". -- back cover.
Contents divided into two main sections: Eucharist with Children -- Papers and Resources.
Contents: Preface / Ulrich Becker and William H. Lazareth -- Report of the Bad Segeberg-Consultation -- List of Participants -- Children and Holy Communion / John M. Sutcliffe -- The Lord's Supper as Sacrament of Fellowship / Karl Heinrich Bieritz -- Children and the Eucharist / Cyrille Argenti -- The Communion of Infants and Young Children / David R. Holeton -- Eucharist with Children in the Churches of the World / David R. Holeton and Eberhard Kenntner.
Anglican orders and ordinations : essays and reports from the Interim Conference at Jarvenpaa, Finland, of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation, 4-9 August 1997
Contents: The Contributors -- Introduction / David R. Holeton -- Ordination as God's Action through the Church / Paul Bradshaw -- Anglican Orders and Unity / Colin O. Buchanan -- Some Reflections on Apostolicity, Apostolic Tradition, Episcopacy and Succession / David R. Holeton -- Synodical Government: Consequences for Ministry / Janet Crawford -- Sequential and Direct Ordination / John St. H. Gibaut -- 'Once a Deacon ...?' / Kevin Flynn -- The Practice of Ordination: Distinguishing Secondary Elements from Primary / Louis Weil -- IALC Jarvenpaa Conference on Ordination: Report of the Working Groups.
This entire issue, which is inset into vol. 9 no. 4 (Pentecost 2003) is here presented as "a theological contribution to The Baptism Project, LC's [i.e. Liturgy Canada's] attempt to foster dialogue about the process of Christian Initiation. Dr. Holeton offers an extensive and, we believe, very important historical account of Fr. Fairweather's significant contribution both the BAS and, even more importantly, to a renewed understanding of the theologically necessary link between Baptism and Eucharistic fellowship." -- From Editorial by John Hodgins to vol. 9 no. 4 (Pentecost 2003), p. 3.
"Eugene Fairweather's contributions to the work of the national Doctrine and Worship Committee (D&W) and to the Book of Alternative Services (BAS) lay primarily in two areas: unmuddling the impasse between the House of Bishops (HoB) and D&W in the work towards new rites of Christian Initiation and drafting the rites of Ordination" (p. 1).
The article is a concise and penetrating analysis of the development of the "new" theology of baptism and Christian initiation (including the issue of admission to Communion) which took place in Canada between 1969 and 1985. It focuses on the controversy and conflict between the Doctrine and Worship Committee (and its sub-committees and task forces) and the House of Bishops. Fairweather's pastoral, political and theological contributions are described, especially his crucial report delivered to the October 1981 [* See paragraph below] meeting of the Joint Task Force on Christian Initiation entitled "Christian Initiation : our Present Situation" which included "A Modest Proposal" and set out seven key principles about baptism and Christian initiation.
*N.B. A typo, two thirds of the way down the second column on page 4, says October 1982 instead of 1981. Footnotes 12-14 on page 8 confirm that the report was in fact presented in October 1981
"[E]dited by Colin Buchanan, Bishop of Aston, diocese of Birmingham".
Includes bibliographical references.
"The Study is published as the 1988 Lambeth Conference is about to convene ... And it is published because the Board considered that an open-ended exploration of principles is needed in the Anglican Communion to-day, and is far more needed than a ceremonial guide designed to give the bishop the `bottom line' whilst saving him the trouble of thinking too hard. And the hope has been that the Study would touch parishes as well as bishops, and prepare the receivers of episcopal ministry as well as the bestowers of it". -- Intro. p. 9.
Contents: Introduction / Colin Buchanan -- A Historical Perspective / John Halliburton -- Past and Present: The Bishop as Focus of Unity / David Hope and Colin James -- The Bishop Leading his Diocese / David Holeton -- The Bishop in his Cathedral / David Stancliffe -- The Bishop Sets Out / Michael Perham -- The Bishop in Action / Colin Buchanan -- Appendix: Short Notes.
"Over the last almost 25 years, since Lambeth 1968 passed resolutions which broke the link confirmation and first communion, there has been a massive shift in the pastoral practice of Christian Initiation in the Anglican Church of Canada".
The papers, prepared by scholars who have themselves been involved in the study, review the development of the [BEM] texts and evaluate them from the perspective of different doctrinal and theological traditions.
Bibliographical notes.
Includes paper entitled "Confirmation in the 1980s" (pp. 68-89) by David Holeton, Anglican Church of Canada.
"Editors: Ronald L. Dowling [and] David R. Holeton".
Includes bibliographical references but NO index.
"With the conclusion of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation's work on Christian Initiation (Toronto Statement -- IALC IV, 1991) and the Eucharist (Dublin Statement -- IALC V, 1995), it seemed a natural step for the IALC to turn its attention to the matter of ordination. The IALC had agreed that its work would reflect the WCC Paper 'Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry'. This it did in a series of three meetings. A preparatory conference held at Jarvenpaa in 1997 with the intention of concluding the work at a full consultation planned in consultation with the Congress of Societas Liturgica to be held in Kottayam (India) in 1999. .... While the planned 1999 Indian Consultation could not meet as such, those present divided into three working groups to discuss: i) the structure of ordination liturgies; ii) theological issues and iii) the process of discernment of vocation and preparation for ordination. By the end of the meeting, it was clear that further work needed to be done before there could be any statement on the question of ordination. The group leaders proposed the formation of an editorial committee who could work on the material produced by the working groups and refine it in the light of the plenary discussions. That work was then circulated to IALC members present in India for further comment. It was that material that became the working draft for IALC-VI when it met in Berkeley in August 2001. The Berkeley Statement -- 'To Equip the Saints' -- is thus the result of at least five years' work. It represents the reflected opinion of the over seventy members of the Consultation, coming from twenty-nine Provinces and Member Churches of the Anglican Communion.
It was clear that the reception of 'To Equip the Saints' would require a series of essays and Provincial reflections to draw out the many ramifications of the statement, as had been the case for both the Toronto and Dublin Statements. This volume adheres to the pattern set in 'Growing in Newness of Life' (Toronto, 1993) and 'Our Thanks and Praise' (Toronto, 1998), a pattern which has been positively received around the Anglican Communion with its combination of theoretical and practical essays.
The matter of order and ordination has been more marked by controversy among Anglicans in recent years that have been either Christian Initiation or the Eucharist." -- Intro., pp. 7-8.
Contents divided into six main sections: Theology of Ordination -- The Liturgy of Ordination: The Ordinal -- Ordinals Across the Anglican Communion -- Ecumenical Considerations -- Other Issues -- Appendix.
Contents: Introduction / Ronald L. Dowling and David R. Holeton -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Baptismal Ecclesiology: Uncovering a Paradigm / Louis Weil -- A Baptismal Ecclesiology: Some Questions / Paul Gibson -- The Theology of Ordained Ministry in the Berkeley Statement / William Crockett -- What History can tell us about Ordination / Paul Bradshaw -- By Public Prayer and the Imposition of Hands: The Prayer of the People and the Ordination Prayer / Richard Leggett -- Considering the Possibility of Direct Ordination / John St. H. Gibaut -- The Place of Symbols and Vesting in Ordination Rites / Lizette Larson-Miller -- Is there a place for anointing in Anglican ordination rites ? / David Holeton -- The Presentation of Candidates / Ronald Dowling -- Music as Theological Expression of Anglican Ordination Rites / Carol Doran -- [Ordinal:] The Church of England / Paul Bradshaw -- [Ordinal:] The Church of Ireland / Brian Mayne -- [Ordinal:] The Episcopal Church in the Philippines / Tomas Maddela -- [Ordinal:] Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia / George Connor -- Ecumenical Orders: The Reconciliation of Ministry between Anglicans and Lutherans in North America / William Petersen -- Ministry and Local Covenants in the Church of England / Phillip Tovey -- The Mutual Acceptance of Ordained Ministries in Southern Africa / Ian Darby -- 'Flying Bishops': Extended Episcopal Care in the Church of England / Colin Buchanan -- Ten Years On: An Anniversary Sermon / Elizabeth Smith -- Lay presidency: can it be tolerated ? / Charles Sherlock -- Ordination and Homosexuality: the Anglican Debate / Gillian Varcoe -- Appendix: The Berkeley Statement: To Equip the Saints.
"Given the subject and scope of this book, it should be read by anyone interested in how Christians are made, and how the making of Christians remakes the Church".
"[B]y David Holeton, Canadian Anglican Presbyter, Professor of Liturgy at the Charles University in Prague and Colin Buchanan, English Anglican Bishop, Retired".
Includes bibliographical references.
"For more than twenty years, the International Anglican Liturgical Consultations (IALCs) have not just occupied a corner in the history of the Anglican Communion, but have also become a live part of Communion's systems of international communication and co-ordination. We write to chart that development and put the major characteristics of the Consultations thus far on record. We do so, acknowledging that our only distinctive qualification for writing this account is that we are the only two persons with an unbroken record of attendance at the Consultations". -- Intro., p. 3.
Contents: Introduction dated Easter Day 2007 / David Holeton and Colin Buchanan -- The Book of Common Prayer and the Liturgical Background of the Anglican Communion -- Anglican Communion Consultations and Inter-action on Liturgy in the 1960s and 1970s -- International Consultations Begin: IALC 1, Boston, 1985 -- IALC-2, Brixen, Northern Italy, 1987 -- Getting Recognized: Lambeth 1988 and its Outcome -- IALC-3, York, 1989 -- IALC-4, Toronto, 1991 -- 1991-1995: An Intermediate Period -- IALC-5, Dublin -- From Dublin to Lambeth 1995-1998 -- The Consultation that was not, Kottayam, 1999 -- IALC-6, Berkeley, 2001 -- Interim Conference, Cuddesdon, 2003 and IALC-7, Prague, 2005 -- Appendix: What the Lambeth Conference did not say on Liturgy [1998].
Series
Alcuin/GROW joint liturgical studies ; 63
Joint liturgical studies / Alcuin Club and the Group for Renewal of Worship ; 63