Worship by Faith Alone: Thomas Cranmer, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Reformation of Liturgy Hicks Zac
In every age, the church must consider what it means to gather together to worship God.If the church is primarily the people who follow the risen Christ, then its worship should be gospel-centered.…
Specifikacia Worship by Faith Alone: Thomas Cranmer, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Reformation of Liturgy Hicks Zac
In every age, the church must consider what it means to gather together to worship God.If the church is primarily the people who follow the risen Christ, then its worship should be gospel-centered. But where might the church find an example of such worship for today?In this Dynamics of Christian Worship volume, scholar, worship leader, and songwriter Zac Hicks contends that such a focus can be found in the theology of worship presented by Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury during the English Reformation. Hicks argues that Cranmer's reformation of the church's worship and liturgy was shaped primarily by the Protestant principle of justification by faith alone as reflected in his 1552 edition of the Book of Common Prayer, which was later codified under Elizabeth I and has guided Anglican worship for centuries.Here, we find a