History of the Ritual of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With a Commentary on Its Offices (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Richard Joseph Cooke

9780483214309: History of the Ritual of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With a Commentary on Its Offices (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0483214302 ISBN 13: 9780483214309

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

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Explore the history and practice of a defining Methodist tradition .

This scholarly work traces the Ritual of the Methodist Episcopal Church and offers a detailed commentary on its offices, illuminating how worship, ordination, and church governance evolved in America from its early days.

The book examines the adoption of the liturgy, the Christmas Conference of 1784, and the use of the English Prayer Book as Methodists formed an Episcopal-style church in the United States. It also discusses how liturgical forms were viewed in frontier churches and why some preachers embraced or resisted formal ritual.

Learn how the ritual shaped ceremonies such as baptism, the Lord’s Supper, marriage, and burial.
See how ordination and consecration practices were formed from older liturgical models.
Understand the balance between liturgical form and the freedom of the Spirit in Methodist life.
Discover how the book situates ritual within broader church history and doctrine.

Ideal for readers of church history, liturgy, and early American Methodism, this edition provides clear context and careful analysis for students and general readers alike.

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