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

• Autore: Taylor Nicholas (Nicholas H.)
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] : , : Mowbray, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 264.03036
• Soggetto topico: Lord's Supper - Lay administration - Anglican Communion; Lord's Supper - Lay administration - Church of England
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Lay presidency at the Eucharist
• ISBN: 1-282-87695-3; 9786612876950; 1-4411-9443-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814552803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Affirming Catholicism