A Guide to Infirm, Sick and Dying Members of the Church of England

A Guide To Infirm, Sick And Dying Members Of The Church Of England by Henry Stretton. This Anglican manual provides a theological and practical framework for the sick and dying, explaining sickness as God's visitation and the proper use of the Church's ministrations. It outlines the Sick Man’s Counsels and the Sick Man’s Duties, the roles of relatives, attendants, and clergy, and emphasizes timely calling of ministers and elders for prayer, absolution, and spiritual counsel. The work includes offices for the Visitation of the Sick, for the Communion of the Sick, and for last rites, along with prayers, liturgies, meditations, and forms of confession, repentance, forgiveness, restitution, almsgiving, and the settlement of worldly affairs. It stresses the benefits of ministerial visitation, spiritual healing, and the Church’s care for those under prolonged illness or dying, aiming to strengthen faith, repentance, hope, and charity in order to prepare for death and eternal life within the Church of England.