The beginning of women's ministry : the revival of the deaconess in the nineteenth-century Church of England / edited by Henrietta Blackmore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blackmore, Henrietta, 1978-

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Church of England Record Society (Series) ; v. 14.

Church of England Record Society ; v. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaconesses--England--History--19th century.

Deaconesses.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

l, 150 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press/Church of England Record Society, 2007.

Contents:

Selection of the texts xi

Introduction: in search of the modern deaconess, revival and expansion xv

Part I The beginning of a female diaconate in the Church of England

1 The diary of Elizabeth Ferard 3

2 Opening service of the London Deaconess Institution 38

3 The form of admitting deaconesses to their office 42

4 Form of service for the admission of deaconesses into the community 46

Part II Work and worship

1 House rules 51

2 Form of purpose 55

3 Information and directions for those who wish to apply for admission to the Society 57

4 Directions for behaviour at public worship 59

5 Memoranda for sisters leaving the home to work in parishes at a distance 61

6 Instructions for deaconesses & probationers visiting in district 62

7 Rules for those working in schools and hospitals 64

Part III The parish deaconess

1 Reminiscences of Isabella Gilmore 71

Part IV Relationship of a deaconess to the church

1 Some present difficulties of the deaconess system 101

2 Conversation with the archbishop 103

3 Proposed extension of the female diaconate 105

4 First printed statement of the Deaconess Association 107

5 Deaconesses of the Church of England: general principles and rules 110

6 Deaconesses in the Anglican Church 112

7 Revised resolutions on deaconesses 116

Part V The deaconess in the early church

1 Biblical aspects of the ministry of women 121

Appendix 1 Deaconess institutions established in the Church of England 131

Appendix 2 Numbers of anglican deaconesses ordained, 1861-1919 132.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-139) and index.

ISBN:

1843833085

9781843833086

OCLC:

85830056