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The Legal Position of the Clergy

Chapter V

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CHAPTER V

Divine Service

1. Duty of clergy as to uniformity of service—Divergence by lawful authority—Liberty under Act of 1872. 2. Morning and Evening Prayer—Litany—Bishop 0.5em;">may order two full services, and a third service, with sermon. 3. Notices during Divine service—Notices on church door—Banns. 4. Offertory—Other collections in a church or chapel—Duty of incumbent as to money entrusted to him. 5. Questions as to the legality of various church ornaments, vestments, and ceremonies—Legal decisions as to (A) Stone Holy Table—Crucifix—Cross—Candlesticks—Flower-vases—Pictures—Sculptures—Credence table—Second Holy Table—Chancel gates—Baldacchino—Voice of parishioners in vestry—(B) Attire of clergy at Holy Communion—Surplice—Hood—Albe—Vestment or chasuble—Tunicle—Stole—Chaplain's scarf—Biretta—Black gown—(C) Incense—Processions with lighted candles—Lighted candles at Holy Communion—Mixed chalice—Wafers—Agnus Dei and other hymns—Position of minister—Genuflexions—Elevation—Sign of the Cross—Ablutions—Reservation. 6. Baptism not to be refused—Time for the ceremony—Private baptism in urgent cases—Godparents—Reception in church after private baptism—Conditional baptism—Immersion or affusion—Notice to bishop in cases of adult baptism—Deacon may baptize—Lay baptism. 7. Times for and notice of Holy Communion—Communion not to be unlawfully refused—Who are to be repelled from it—Procedure in such cases—Jenkins v. Cook—Persons coming from other parishes—Persons attending dissenting places of worship—Persons baptized in another communion and not confirmed. 8. Sermons and homilies—Provisions of rubrics, Canons, and Acts of Parliament. 9. Catechising. 10. Churching of womenpages 80-99

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