Consecrating Bishops: the IERE rite

¶ The consecration of a Bishop takes place during the Service of Holy Communion, following the order below. The Bishop Dean, or some other commissioner of the Council of Bishops will preside and officiate. Consecration of Bishops The Office of Holy Communion will begin, and for the Prophetic reading the following is read PROPHECY. – […]

IERE rite for presbyteral ordination

See the previous post relating to the ordaining of deacons in the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church (IERE) many of the phrases are the same -it’s possible I have not always translated them identically. —————————————————————– ¶ The ordination of priests takes place during the Service of Holy Communion, using the following order. The Bishop occupies his […]

IERE ordination of deacons translated

Translation notes. This text has a formal and archaic flavour and also clearly talks about the candidates as male. I have stuck with that in this case. —————————————————– The ordination of Deacons takes place during the Service of Holy Communion, following the formula that is set out below. The Bishop occupies his chair near the […]

A questionnaire on social prayer

What happened and and How During March and April 2015, I Tweeted to likely accounts (like @C_of_E, @247Prayer and other church related organisations national and local) and then invited, by personal message, known Christian contacts related to my Facebook account. These were invitations to go to a survey hosted on Qualtrics.com where 14 questions were […]