The Church Service Society
Information for new readers from the Secretary.
Volume 10 Spring 1985
Editorial
Some remarks about the role of President.
Some Thoughts on the Paraphrases
Sir Ronald Johnson takes as starting point the volume on the Paraphrases by Douglas Maclagan and reflects on how they came about, who were some of the writers, and what music they were sung to. The author, a leading church organist, discusses how some tunes are wrong for the words and skew the interpretation. Particular… Read More
Dance and Worship
Ron Farrell, a candidate for ministry in the Church of England, tackles the belief that dancing is inappropriate in worship. Reasons given may be that it is associated with paganism or heresy, or arises from the platonic distinction between body and soul. It re-emerged in the Shakers and some formal Catholic rituals may be seen… Read More
A Form for Holy Communion
This is offered by the Revd Paul Burgess, warden of Carberry Tower.
Facing the People in the Patristic Period: The Myth and the Reality
Paper presented to the 9th International Conference on Patristic Studies in 1983 by the Revd Dr J C Thomas, University of Nigeria. The writer argues that it is a myth that in this period the presiding minister faced the people, found even in learned sources. From early in the life of the church, people faced… Read More