Richard Hooker and Mission and Ministry in Covenant
Drawing on the theological method of one of Anglicanism’s foremost theologians, this article defends key proposals of the recent Church of England-Methodist report, Mission and Ministry in Covenant. Some Anglicans have argued that it would be inconsistent with Anglican order to accept the proposed t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2020]
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Journal of Anglican studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 215-234 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDE Anglican Church KDG Free church KDJ Ecumenism NBN Ecclesiology RB Church office; congregation |
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Methodism
B Richard Hooker B Tradition B Ecumenism B Ecclesiology B Anglicanism B Bishops B Theological Method |
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| Summary: | Drawing on the theological method of one of Anglicanism’s foremost theologians, this article defends key proposals of the recent Church of England-Methodist report, Mission and Ministry in Covenant. Some Anglicans have argued that it would be inconsistent with Anglican order to accept the proposed temporary period where Methodist ministers who had not been ordained by a bishop could serve in presbyteral Church of England roles. It finds clear theological rationale for the move in Hooker’s understanding of the episcopate which is matched in Anglicanism’s official formularies and its recent ecumenical dialogues. Highlighting clear historic and recent precedents for such a move, it demonstrates that bishops have never been considered so essential for Anglican order that they could never be dispensed with. Proposals like those in MMC can therefore be conscientiously accepted as consistent with Anglican self-understanding by the Church of England and other provinces considering such steps. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5278 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1740355320000194 |