Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Preparation for Ordination
A Note on Must-Read Books:
- Anglican Catholicism: Unchanging Faith in a Changing World
- For the Life of the World
- Christian Proficiency
- Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church
- Bishop Stephen Scarlett Confirmation class study questions
Ordination Categories (Taken from the Canons of the Anglican Catholic Church, pdf, found on http://anglicancatholic.org/system/media_files/attachments/4/original/ACC%20Canons%20-%202007.pdf?1317846094)
§11.9.01 Holy
Scripture: The Old and New Testaments with the Apocrypha in
English, their contents, teachings, theology, and historical
background; a reading
knowledge of the New Testament in Greek, together with
special knowledge of one
Synoptic Gospel and of the Gospel according to Saint John,
and of three Epistles, one of
which shall be Romans or First Corinthians or Hebrews;
- ENGLISH BIBLE EXAM EXAMPLES
§11.9.02 Church History:
The History of the Early Church, the Fathers, the
Councils, Doctrine, and the later Eastern and Western
Churches including the History of
the Church of England and Anglicanism in general, and of
this Church in particular;
§11.9.03 Dogmatic,
Systematic, and Patristic Theology: The Church’s
Doctrine, Discipline, Worship, Tradition, and other
teachings thereof, especially as set
forth in the Creeds, the Fathers, the Doctors of the Church,
and the Book of Common
Prayer;
§11.9.04 Christian
Apologetics;
§11.9.05 Moral
Theology and Christian Ethics;
§11.9.06 Ascetical
and Mystical Theology: The History, Development,
Theology, and Practice of Christian Spirituality, Formation,
and Discipline, and its
relation to Moral Theology and the Sacraments of the Church;
§11.9.07 Liturgical
Theology: The Principles, History, and Development of
Christian Worship; the History, Contents, Spirituality, and
Liturgical Theology of the
Book of Common Prayer;
§11.9.08 Canon Law
and Ecclesiastical Polity: The History, Doctrines,
Contents, and Development of the Common Law of the Church
Catholic, the General
Canon Law, Custom, and the Constitution and Canons of this
Church and of the Province
and Diocese wherein he is canonically resident;
§11.9.09 Pastoral
Theology and its Practice: The Office and Work of a Deacon
and of a Priest; the use of the Book of Common Prayer, the
Administration of the
Sacraments, and the Conduct of Public Worship; Homiletics:
Principles of Sermon
Composition and Delivery. In connection with the examination
in this subject the
Candidate shall present three (3) sermons, composed by
himself, or texts of Holy
Scripture appointed by the Bishop; Pastoral Care; Parish
Organisation and
Administration; Principles and Methods of Christian
Education; and the use of the voice
in reading, speaking, and liturgical chanting;
§11.9.10 Church Music:
The Study, History, and Application of Liturgical
Music, especially to the traditional forms and their use;
and
§11.9.11 Elective
Subjects:
He must also offer one of the following elective subjects:
(a) Hebrew,
(b) The History and Development of Christian Philosophy,
(c) The Philosophy of Religion,
(d) Church Music,
(e) Advanced Exegesis of the Greek New Testament, or
(f) A particular subject of study of one of the Church
Fathers or Doctors of the
Church and his teachings, a period of Church History, or of
one of the Ecumenical
Councils.
§11.9.12 Studies in
languages other than English:
When the principal cultural language of a Diocese or other
Jurisdiction of this
Church is other than English, or where there is a
significant segment of the population of
the Jurisdiction wherein the cultural language is other than
English, the course of study
set forth above in this Canon or the examination therein may
be conducted in that cultural
language as the Bishop Ordinary of that
Jurisdiction shall direct.
0 Comments:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
