Some Historical Considerations Relating To The Declaration On Kneeling - Softcover

Thomas Walter Perry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371608465 ISBN 13: 9780371608463

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Some Historical Considerations Relating To The Declaration On Kneeling, Appended To The Communion Office Of The English Book Of Common Prayer by Thomas Walter Perry examines a historical-theological synthesis of Anglican Eucharistic doctrine. The work traces debates from mid-16th century reforms through the Caroline era up to the Savoy Conference (1661) and the 1662 Prayer Book, surveying key figures such as Cranmer, Bucer, Gardiner, Ridley, Latimer, Jewel, Hooper, Gunning, Gauden, Laud, and the interlocutors who debated the nature of presence and worship. It analyzes nine propositions regarding the Real Presence, including distinctions between a carnal, corporeal presence and a spiritual or sacramental presence, the purpose of kneeling at the Eucharist, and the relationship between the 28th Article, the Kneeling Declaration, and later revisions. The author argues for continuity with antiquity, showing how revisions were shaped to avoid denying the doctrine while addressing objections, and he concludes with a call for ecclesiastical harmony and charitable scholarship in interpreting historical evidence surrounding Anglican sacramental theology.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371608465
• ISBN 13: 9780371608463
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 508