Vital elements of public worship.

Rattenbury, J. Ernest (John Ernest), 1870-1963.

Published by London: [1936], Epworth Press

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194 p.; 19 cm. Contents: Preface -- I. The origins of Christian worship: 1. Public and private worship, 2. Jesus and worship, 3. Worship in the apostolic age, 4. Worship in the sub-apostolic age, 5. The central fact of early Christian worship -- II. Development of Christian worship: 1. Dual development of Christian worship, 2. Professor [James] Bisset Pratt on worship, 3. Need of objectivity in Portestant worship -- III. Balanced worship: 1. The need of balanced worship, 2. Wesley an example of balanced worship, 3. Wesley's valuation of sociality in worship, 4. Wesley on sacramental and corporate worship, 5. Wesley's supplementary services, 6. Church or sect? 7. Methodist emotionalism -- IV. The practice of public worship: 1. Principles, 2. The objective significance of the church, 3. Concrete illustrations -- V. The order of Noly Communion, an explanatory and devotional commentary: 1. The Protestant character of the Anglican Communion service, 2. The structure of the service, 3. A devotional commentary - Addenda: 1. Absues of the Eucharist and of Luther's doctrine of the word of God, 2. Evening Communion, 3. Historical notes on Holy Communion -- Index to names, Scripture references, and special topics. Good orig. red cloth, but lower 3.5 cm. of backstrip torn away.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vital elements of public worship.
• Publisher: London: [1936], Epworth Press
• Binding: Hardcover