The Anglican Eucharist in Australia’s Beginnings

This article examines the beginnings of the Eucharist in Australia with the coming of the First Fleet of military and convict settlers in 1788. The role of the first Chaplain, the Rev’d Richard Johnson, is examined against his evangelical background. Tentative suggestions of sacramentality are made...

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Main Author: Douglas, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 2022
In: Studia liturgica
Year: 2022, Volume: 52, Issue: 2, Pages: 148-164
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Australia / Anglican Church / Eucharist / Liturgy / Oxford Movement / History 1788-1850
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBS Australia; Oceania
KDE Anglican Church
NBP Sacramentology; sacraments
RC Liturgy
Further subjects:B Oxford Movement
B 1662 Book of Common Prayer
B Early Australia
B Eucharist
B Evangelicalism
B First Fleet
B Sacramentality
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Summary:This article examines the beginnings of the Eucharist in Australia with the coming of the First Fleet of military and convict settlers in 1788. The role of the first Chaplain, the Rev’d Richard Johnson, is examined against his evangelical background. Tentative suggestions of sacramentality are made within the rich mixture of religious understandings in Australia, including those of the British government and its officials, concerning the Eucharist. The coming of a later ecclesiastical hierarchy in the form of archdeacons and bishops is also discussed to show the emerging influence of the Oxford Movement on eucharistic theology in early Australia, together with continuing evangelical influence.
ISSN:2517-4797
Contains:Enthalten in: Studia liturgica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00393207211049558