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Communion, Holy. As to the doctrine and practice of the Church of England in reference to the celebration of the Holy Communion, see Sheppard v. Bennett, (1870) LR 3 Ad & Ec 167; LR 4 PC 350 (371); Read v. Bishop of Lincoln, (1891) 9; 1892 AC 644, and the authorities there referred to. As to the right of the clergyman to repel from Holy Communion, see Rex v. Dibdin, (1910) 57; 1912 AC 533....
Sacrament
Sacrament. In the Church of England there are two sacraments only--Baptism and the Supper of the Lord; Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unction are not recognized as sacraments (Art. XXV.). the term 'Sacrament' is commonly used to mean the Holy Communion. Reviling the Sacrament is punishable by fine and imprisonment (1 Edw. 6, c. 1), and administration of the Sacrament in both kinds is enjoined by s. 7 of the same Act, 'excepte necessitie otherwise re-quire,' and the same s. enacts that 'the minister shall not without lawful cause deny the same.' In the Roman Catholic Church the cup is not administered to the laity.For a clergyman to refuse without lawful cause to administer the sacrament to a parishioner is an offence against the laws ecclesiastical, for which he may be proceeded against under the Church Discipline Act [Jenkins v. Cook, (1876) 1 PD 80]. The Holy Communion cannot be refused to a person because he has married his deceased wife's sister, Thompson v. ...
Incense
Incense. The ceremonial use of incense immediately before the celebration of the Holy Communion, so as to be preparatory or subsidiary to the celebration of the Holy Communion is unlawful, Summer v. Wix, (1870) LR 3 Adm & Ecc 58....
Sanctus
A part of the Mass or in Protestant churches a part of the communion service of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus sanctus sanctus Holy holy holy called also Tersanctus...
Altar
Altar. The table for the celebration of the Holy Communion, which in the Church of England should be covered during the communion service with 'a fair white linen cloth,' and at other times with 'silk or other decent stuff....
Erastian
One of the followers of Thomas Erastus a German physician and theologian of the 16th century He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power and that holy communion was open to all In the present day an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State...
Cope
Cope, a custom or tribute due to the Crown or lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire; also a hill, the roof and covering of a house; a church vestment, by Canon 24 to be worn in cathedral churches by those that administer the Holy Communion....
Uniformity, Act of
Uniformity, Act of, (English) 14 Car. 2, c. 4, 'for the Uniformity of Public Prayers and Administration of Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies and for establishing the Form of making, ordaining, and consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons of the Church of England' (now partly repealed), received the Royal Assent on May 19, 1662 and came into operation on August 24 (the feast of St. Bartholomew) following (see Lane's Notes on English Church History).After a long preamble setting forth the preparation of the Prayer Book by several Bishops and other Divines appointed by the King, its approval by the two Convocations, and stating that 'nothing more conduceth to the peace of this nation, nor to the honour of our religion and the propagation thereof, than an universal agreement in the public worship of Almighty God.' The Act directs that:All and singular ministers in any cathedral, collegiate or parish church or chapel or other place of public worship within this realm of England, d...
Eastern Church
That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church It became estranged from the Western or Roman Church over the question of papal supremacy and the doctrine of the filioque and a separation begun in the latter part of the 9th century became final in 1054 The Eastern Church consists of twelve thirteen if the Bulgarian Church be included mutually independent churches including among these the Hellenic Church or Church of Greece and the Russian Church using the vernacular or some ancient form of it in divine service and varying in many points of detail but standing in full communion with each other and united as equals in a great federation The highest five authorities are the patriarch of Constantinople or ecumenical patriarch whose position is not one of supremacy but of precedence th...
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