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 […]

Worship Through a Child’s Eyes

This left me wanting to see more and/or to have a go at getting a child to do similarly with other services. The basic exercise is simply to get children to attend worship services and to report back what the saw and noticed. It’s very interesting and revealing. Here’s Skye Jethani’s daughter’s report and his […]

Liturgy and the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

I’d not particularly thought about the difference between ceremony and liturgy before, but I find this helpful. Liturgies should not be confused with “ceremonies.”  Liturgies are not “events”–one-off bedazzling spectacles rife with ritualistic symbol.  I don’t deny that the Olympic opening ceremonies were an affective, symbolic enactment of a story.  But while that is a […]

How Important Might It Be for Religious Leaders to Wear Symbolic Garments? – Science and Religion Today

It has been fashionable to decry cermonial garb; however, we might be a bit more alert to some simple wisdom enshrined in the tradition… Enclothed cognition means that clothes can exert influence on the way the wearer feels, thinks, and behaves through the symbolic meaning associated with the clothes. Many pieces of clothing carry a […]