Volume 9 (no 2) Nov 1979

Fifth Centenary Lecture Edinburgh and Aberdeen November 1978 given by the Revd Canon Dr A M Allchin, Canterbury. Christian worship affirms the transcendence of God: Holy, holy, holy! However, God is also present in the material creation, and it is this that provides the materials with which to praise God. These two dimensions have always… Read More

The second part of an interview with the Revd Stewart McGregor, Chaplain to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, by the Editor. The theme of this part is hospital worship, which is discussed in some detail, but other aspects of hospital visiting and chaplaincy are also covered. Six principles of hospital visiting are outlined.

Arve Brunvoll of Bergen gives an account of recent liturgical work in the Church of Norway. The paper describes current patterns of worship and outlines the stirrings for reform in the 1920s. It examines in detail the work of the 1965 Liturgical Commission and its outcome of a new order for Mass in 1977. This… Read More

The Book of Common Order (1979), Saint Andrew Press, Edinburgh reviewed by John Huxtable. Liturgical Studies, E C Ratcliff, ed. A H Couratin and D H Tripp, SPCK 1976, reviewed by G D Kilpatrick, Oxford. Preaching through the Christian Year: a selection of exegetical passages from the Church Dogmatics, made by J McTavish and H… Read More

Report of an address given at the Annual Meeting of the Church Service Society May 1979 by the Rt Revd L E Luscombe, Bishop of Brechin.

This is a report of the Annual Meeting of 1979. One item was the outcome of discussions with the Scottish Church Society, namely a conference on the theology and practice of worship.