Liturgy Decisions at General Synod
General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui has a lot of decisions to make about liturgy – not least about regularising our Prayer Book.
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General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui has a lot of decisions to make about liturgy – not least about regularising our Prayer Book.
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Are the majority of us forbidden from using some of the services in the 2020 book with the title A New Zealand Prayer Book He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa? TEC has shown one way forward to solving some of our issues. No Church has needed to deal with the others we’ve uniquely created.
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Almighty God,
whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul
glorified you by their martyrdom:
Grant that your Church,
instructed by their teaching and example,
and knit together in unity by your Spirit,
may ever stand firm upon the one foundation,
which is Jesus Christ our Lord;
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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For Anglicans, the collect was once a much-loved, well-polished prayer that Anglicans and others knew by heart. New Zealand’s collects have degenerated into a vast collection that blurs into non-memorable mediocrity and confusion.
The Church Year is a mess – for the majority of Christians ultimately a nourishing feast of scripture and tradition. But, by the time this filters down to the way it is used by NZ Anglicanism, the Anglican Church of Or has reworked it to a confused chaos that, in some communities, is worse than the BCP system that it replaces.
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In the Anglican Church of Or, it is possible to celebrate the Transfiguration once, twice, or three times a year. Or never!
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Four principles of Cranmer very applicable today.
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The question remains: are there more options for celebrating today’s feast than there are people in our Church to celebrate them?
St Peter and St Paul 2021 Read More »