Advent in the Church of England
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article36130
- Author
- Newland, Lisa
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Liturgy Canada
- Date
- 2009 Advent
- Author
- Newland, Lisa
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Liturgy Canada
- Date
- 2009 Advent
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 4 / # 48
- Page
- 8-9
- Notes
- The author, a priest of the Anglican Church of Canada, reviews the "recent attempt by the Church of England to revise the Church year" and in particular "the impact these revisions have had on the season of Advent". The Church of England has recently altered the Church calendar "specifically [with] the addition of a seventh season to the Church year that immediately precedes Advent. Initially called the 'Kingdom Season' (Celebrating Common Prayer, Mowbray, 1992) and later renames 'All Saints to Advent', this newly created season is designed to bring together the many themes present during the many themes present during the month of November -- All Saints, the departed, Remembrance and the Kingship of Christ." Reaction to this new season has been mixed. One of the most vocal opponents of the revision is N.T. Wright, Bishop of Durham. "In addition to questioning the presence of Christ's kingdom from Ascension onwards and implying that Christ may only be king of heaven and not of earth as well, the season of 'All Saints to Advent' calls into question the earliest Christian confession that Jesus is Lord already and that its not something one has to wait for until the end of time by suggesting that he does not yet reign but hopefully will at some point in the distant future. As a result, this latter point in particular belittles the hope that is set before God's people in the season of Advent".
- Subjects
- Advent - Church of England
- Church year - Church of England
- Wright, N.T. (Nicholas Thomas), 1948-
- Kingdom of God - Church of England
- Liturgical renewal - Church of England
- Location
- General Synod Archives