Academic Reading
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Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Ch. 42: The Scottish Communion Office 1764." (pp. 302-307). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
Jasper and Cuming observe that beginning in 1660, "there was little essential difference between Episcopalian and Presbyterian public worship" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 302). However, in the early 1700s, the practices began to diverge through interpolations and supplements in different places. In 1731, bishops from Scotland clarified that only the 1637 or 1662 rites were to be used.
In the early 1700s, Bishop Thomas Rattray emerged as a scholar of early Christian practice with a particular interest in the Liturgy of St. James (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 302). After his death, a revision of his communion liturgy was published in 1764, not with synodical sanction but with the knowledge of the bishops (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 303). The liturgy shows influences of Rattray, of the Nonjurors' Rite, and of the 1637 and 1662 prayer books. Of importance, in Jasper and Cuming's view, is the fact that the rite referenced works from antiquity and sought some sort of continuity.
After a brief bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 303), Jasper and Cuming provide the eucharistic portion of the rite.
5/21/26
Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Ch. 42: The Scottish Communion Office 1764." (pp. 302-307). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
Jasper and Cuming observe that beginning in 1660, "there was little essential difference between Episcopalian and Presbyterian public worship" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 302). However, in the early 1700s, the practices began to diverge through interpolations and supplements in different places. In 1731, bishops from Scotland clarified that only the 1637 or 1662 rites were to be used.
In the early 1700s, Bishop Thomas Rattray emerged as a scholar of early Christian practice with a particular interest in the Liturgy of St. James (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 302). After his death, a revision of his communion liturgy was published in 1764, not with synodical sanction but with the knowledge of the bishops (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 303). The liturgy shows influences of Rattray, of the Nonjurors' Rite, and of the 1637 and 1662 prayer books. Of importance, in Jasper and Cuming's view, is the fact that the rite referenced works from antiquity and sought some sort of continuity.
After a brief bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 303), Jasper and Cuming provide the eucharistic portion of the rite.
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