Thomas Marjoribanks emphasises the pioneering role of the Church Service Society, notes the work of members involved in the study of liturgy and examines the nature of the Sunday service before going on to reflect on the specific role of the Minister in it. He identifies that role as having two principle elements: as acting… Read More
Patrick Millar looks at the recent origins of this ‘miniature cathedral’ of numerous architectural styles. He refers to the legends of St Conan which moved Walter Douglas Campbell to plan and build the kirk; and of how his vision was shared and later carried forward by his sister, Helen. The eclectic architecture, acquired furnishings and the association… Read More
Georges Florovsky sets out the eucharistic teaching of the Orthodox Church in relation, especially, to the meaning of “remembrance”. The liturgical commemoration or anamnesis, he avers, involves not only the past, but a “re-presentation”. The priestly invocation or epiklesis, by the action of the Holy Spirit, causes the change of the elements into the Body… Read More
Herbert Wiseman, while not unmindful of the anomaly, welcomes [R C] Sir Richard Terry’s new 1935 edition of the 1635 Scottish Psalter. It consists of two main sections: transference of the tune from the tenor part to the treble, with appropriate harmonisation; and the reprinting of the Psalter in its original form. Wiseman then sets… Read More
R G M Calderwood, in discussing his own experience of worship in the mission field, regards Kenya as a tabula rasa which allows scope for experimenting. He points to the African as having “a fine natural instinct” for worship. Ecumenical influences have also played a part in shaping services. Printed forms exist and are helpful in curbing… Read More
Of the Anglo-Catholic tradition, A G Hebert reflects on its meaning for him and for the wider Church. The Catholic tradition is compared with that of historic Protestantism: both shared the old conception of the church service in which individualism was eschewed for a more corporate understanding of the ecclesia. This differs radically from the Church being… Read More
William McMillan’s examines the account, in Buchanan’s History of Scotland, of the Holy Communion reputed to have been celebrated by George Wishart on the morning of his martyrdom in St Andrews. There are few details of the order used. But Buchanan, supplemented by David Lindsay of Pitscottie’s Historie and Cronicles, shed light on early Scottish Reformed practice. Preaching and Communion… Read More
St Conan’s – Loch Awe, from the South-West – FrontispieceSt Conan’s – The Chancel – Facing page 11St Conan’s – The Apse – Facing page 13St Conan’s – The South Aisle – Facing page 15
The Eucharistic Doctrine of the Oxford Movement, by W H Mackean: London, Putnam, reviewed by the Rev Wm McMillan, Dunfermline The Mass of the Western Rite, by the Right Rev Dom Fernand Cabrol, Abbot of Farnborough,tr. C M Anthony. London, Sands & Co, reviewed by the Rev Wm. McMillan, Dunfermline A Newman Prayer Book, London, Burns, Oates, &… Read More
