Lay presidency at the Eucharist? : an Anglican approach / Nicholas H. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Nicholas (Nicholas H.), author.

Series:

Affirming Catholicism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lord's Supper--Lay administration--Anglican Communion.

Lord's Supper.

Lord's Supper--Lay administration--Church of England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Mowbray, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The demand for allowing lay ministers to preside at the Eucharist has become a pressing issue in many churches, not only in Anglicanism. Within the Anglican Communion this issue seems to be potentially divisive as most provinces refuse to accept lay presidency, but some - as the Archdiocese of Sydney - are discussing schemes to introduce it. In Lay Presidency at the Eucharist an Anglican theological approach to controversial questions is articulated. Taylor investigates in particular what allegiance to Scripture entails, and how its authority is to be applied in the Church today. The evidence

Contents:

Authority and theological method in the Anglican tradition

Eucharist and ministry in the New Testament church

Eucharist and ministry in the early church fathers

Sacramental ministry in the Anglican tradition

Worship, ministry and eucharistic deprivation: alternative approaches

Proposals for authorized lay eucharistic presidency in the context of mission

Theological arguments for lay presidency at the eucharist

The current position in the Anglican Communion, and outstanding issues

Concluding reflections.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-87695-3

9786612876950

1-4411-9443-6

OCLC:

682540882