"Edited by A.F. Smethurst, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., Synodical Secretary of the Convocation of Canterbury and H.R. Wilson, M.A., Synodal Secretary of the Convocation of York".
"With the Authority of their Graces the Archbishops of Canterbury and York Presidents of the Convocations".
"We have, to the best of our belief, included every resolution of any importance passed by both Houses in each Convocation; and in addition we have added some of the more obviously important resolutions passed by one House alone. Within the sections, the sub-sections are dealt with mainly in chronological order as they came before the Convocations, though each sub-section is then carried to a conclusion. .... What we have tried to produce is a collection of the most important decisions on the most important matters that have come before the Sacred Synods in the years from 1921 to 1947, in the hope that it may not only help the members of those Synods, but also be of more general interest and usefulness". -- Editors' Note.
Contents: Editors' Note / A.F.S. [and] H.R.W. -- Procedure in Convocation: Synodical Action -- Revision of the Canons: Ecclesiastical Law -- The Sacred Ministry: Status of the Clergy -- Ministry of Women: Deaconesses -- Readers and the Sub-Diaconate -- Book of Common Prayer: Sacraments -- Marriage -- Doctrine and Evangelism -- Education -- Social and Economic Affairs: Home and Foreign -- Relations with Non-Episcopal Churches in England -- Relations with Foreign Churches and Peoples -- List of Regulations and Forms of Service.
Colophon: Warren and Son, Ltd., Printers and Lithographers, 85 High St., Winchester.
A Church of England Record Society publication in association with The Ecclesiastical Law Society. Published by The Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer.
Includes indexes and bibliography: pp. 983-990.
Contents include: Notes to the reader -- Introduction: canon law and the Anglican church -- Texts with commentary -- Supplementary texts -- Appendixes -- Indexes of reference -- Thematic indexes -- Bibliography.
"This volume is a major new scholarly edition of some of the most important sources in the history of the Anglican Church. It includes all the canons produced by the Church of England from the opening of the Reformation parliament in 1529 to 1947. Most of the material comes from the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries .... The texts are preceded by an extended introduction, which provides not only an up-to-date analysis of the framing and significance of each set of canons, but also critical discussions of the origins and development of canon law and the system of ecclesiastical courts." -- p. [i].
"The November [1995] meeting of the new Synod of the Church of England was dominated by a report on lifestyles, `Something to Celebrate', and the proposed structural changes in the Church of England suggested in the Turnbull Commission report".
The Archbishops' Commission on the Organisation of the Church of England, also known as the Turnbull Commission, published its report in September [1995]. The report, entitled "Working as One Body", has called for a complete restructuring of the Church at a national level and proposed the setting up of a new executive Council with far-reaching powers. The roles of the Archbishops would be strengthened in this new set-up.
"An explanation, in the light of history and theology, of the nature and working of the Anglican Communion, its relationship with other Christian groups, and its part in the movement for Christian union". -- cover.
Includes bibliography, p. [445]-460 and index.
Contents: Preface / Stephen Neill -- Note to the Second Edition -- Beginnings -- Reconstruction -- Revolution -- Counter-Revolution -- Reformation -- The Seventeenth Century -- The Eighteenth Century -- Anglicans Abroad -- The Nineteenth Century in England: I -- The Nineteenth Century in England: II -- Expansion in the English-Speaking World -- A Missionary Church -- A World-Wide Communion -- Present Positions and Future Prospects -- What Then is Anglicanism ? -- Appendix I: How the Church of England is Governed -- Appendix II: The Anglican Communion To-Day -- Bibliography -- Index.
"This book draws together studies of various aspects of Anglican ecclesiology written over the past 15 years, several of which were originally published as separate articles. All have been revised and updated, and some have been expanded with significant new material. The chapters are intended to remain complete in themselves, and to that end occasional overlaps have been retained" (p. viii). "A brief comment on the term `Anglican ecclesiology' is needed at the outset. Much of this book is concerned specifically with aspects of the ecclesiology of the Church of England. Those are, of course, in turn, aspects of wider Anglican ecclesiology since the Church of England is an Anglican church ... It should not be supposed, however, that these features of the Church of England's ecclesiology are necessarily typical of the Anglican Communion more generally. Some of the chapters examine aspects of the ecclesiology of the Communion as a whole, but they do not attempt to look in detail at the ecclesiology of other individual Anglican churches" (p. x). -- Foreword.
Contents: Foreword dated 25 April 2005 -- The origins and development of the Church of England -- High churchmen, church and state, 1801-38 -- The Anglican Communion: Idea, name and identity -- The Church of England's Declaration of Assent -- Primacy in the Anglican tradition -- Territoriality, communion and parallel episcopates -- Synodical government in the Church of England : History and principle -- Synodical government in the Church of England, illustrated by the case of the ordination of women to the priesthood -- The choosing of bishops in the early Church and in the Church of England : A historical survey -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index.
"Trinity College, University of Toronto and Toronto School of Theology".
Thesis (Ph.D) -- University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, 1993.
Bibliography: ll. 433-452.
Contents: Includes Table of Contents, tables and "Chronology of Relevant Happenings", ll. [vii]-xi but no index.
"This study will examine differing ways that two branches of the Anglican church -- the Anglican Church of Canada and the Church of England -- handled the question of the ordination of women to the priesthood between 1920 and 1978. More specifically, it will analyze the decision-making processes of each of these national churches leading to the ordination of women priests in Canada between 1976 and 1978 and to the refusal of the English church in 1978 to proceed toward the ordination of women priests" -- Intro. leaf 2.
Thesis published in 1995 under title "Beyond the Walled Garden : Anglican women and the priesthood". OTCH has copy separately catalogued as BX 5005 F444 1995.
Cover title: Beyond the walled garden : Anglican women and the priesthood.
Includes bibliography: pp. 278-288 but NO index.
"I began the research for this book several years ago. At that time, the situation with reference to the ordination of women within Anglicanism looked different than it does today; the Church of England and many members of the Anglican Communion had not moved to accept the ordination of women. Currently, the Church of England, a primary focus of this study, does ordain women to the diaconate and priesthood, as do a majority of Anglican provinces. Given the rapid change which has occurred during the period in which this study was researched and written, it is important for us to remember that this is an historical study which is being presented, rather than a contemporary commentary. .... To clearly maintain the genre of critical history, the time frame under examination and the analysis are specifically limited to the period between 1920 and 1978. The history of the ordination of women in Anglicanism between 1978 and the present is a project with different aims and objectives than the one presented here". -- Foreword, p. [xxiii].
Contents divided into four main parts.
Contents: Dedication -- Chronology -- List of Tables in Appendix -- Preface: With Grace and Courage / Edward W. Scott, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, 1971-1986 -- Preface: An Episcopal Reflection / Victoria Matthews, Bishop of the Credit Valley, Diocese of Toronto -- Foreword and Acknowledgements / Wendy Fletcher-Marsh -- Anglican Synodical-Episcopal Polity -- Part One: Background to Change -- Introduction: Professions and Perspective -- 1. Division and Dialogue -- Part Two: The Canadian Revolution Succeeds -- 2. Crisis and Women's Work -- 3. Gender Questions to a New Vision -- 4. Profile of the Canadian Dioceses -- Part Three: Revolution Fails in England -- 5. Change and Resistance -- 6. A Transitory Failure -- Part Four: Comparison and Conclusion -- 7. Autonomy in Relationship -- Afterword: Moving Toward the Future -- Appendix: Reference Tables -- Bibliography.
OTCH Note: Based upon research for the author's doctoral thesis, a study of the ordination of women within the Anglican Church of Canada and the Church of England between 1920 and 1978. OTCH also has thesis separately catalogued as BV 676 F56 1993.
"Trinity College, University of Toronto and Toronto School of Theology".
Thesis (Ph.D) -- University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, 1993.
Bibliography: ll. 433-452.
Contents: Includes Table of Contents, tables and "Chronology of Relevant Happenings", ll. [vii]-xi but no index.
"This study will examine differing ways that two branches of the Anglican church -- the Anglican Church of Canada and the Church of England -- handled the question of the ordination of women to the priesthood between 1920 and 1978. More specifically, it will analyze the decision-making processes of each of these national churches leading to the ordination of women priests in Canada between 1976 and 1978 and to the refusal of the English church in 1978 to proceed toward the ordination of women priests" -- Intro. leaf 2.
Thesis published in 1995 under title "Beyond the Walled Garden : Anglican women and the priesthood". OTCH has copy separately catalogued as BX 5005 F444 1995.