History of the Ritual of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With a Commentary on Its Offices (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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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.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is an in-depth historical account of the origins and development of the Methodist Episcopal Church's ritual. The author goes into detail about the religious, political, and social context in which the Methodist movement emerged in England and America. Along with a history of the development of the Methodist Episcopal Church's Ritual, this book offers meaningful insights into the central ideas and themes that shaped its content. The author argues that the Methodist Ritual is a product of the close connection between doctrine and form, and that the history of this book can be used as a lens to examine the development of Methodist theology and liturgical practice. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781331142348_0
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