Anglican Spirituality: An Introduction
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
Anglican Spirituality lays out a concise vision for how Anglican Christians can become faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. Emphasizing the importance of the threefold rule of Daily Office, Holy Eucharist, and private devotion, the book shows how Anglican spirituality is rooted in the Book of Common Prayer and the Holy Scriptures.
•In the Daily Office the word of God is read and internalized through the illuminative work of the Holy Spirit as Christ the Teacher enlightens the minds of the ones praying so that the praying of the Scriptures is not for information but formation.
•In the Holy Eucharist the communicant receives the grace necessary to live a spiritual life pleasing to God, allowing God to turn the key to their inner selves, transforming them from the inside out.
•By personal devotion the disciple adopts those spiritual practices that make prayer effective and prepares for receiving the Holy Eucharist.
In this way, disciples habituate themselves to the work of God. Last, this book demonstrates that Anglican spirituality is not an isolated or individualistic endeavor and that the prayer book’s vision for spirituality empowers the church’s mission.
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- Lays out a concise vision for how Anglican Christians can become faithful disciples of Jesus Christ.
- Emphasizes the importance of the threefold rule of Daily Office, Holy Eucharist, and private devotion.
- Shows how Anglican spirituality is rooted in the Book of Common Prayer and the Holy Scriptures.
- Foreword by Ray Sutton
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Daily Office
- 3 The Holy Eucharist
- 4 Private Devotion
- 5 Anglican Spirituality and Mission
- Appendix: Anglican Theological Anthropology—A Case Study in John Donne
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Scripture Index
What does it mean to be spiritual in an Anglican way? How can we get closer to God so that we pulse with the life of Christ? This book answers those questions in ways that are both deep and accessible. Fr Greg Peters is one of Anglican theology’s best, especially on this subject. I recommend this book to all clergy and serious parishioners, particularly for adult study groups.
—Gerald McDermott, author of Deep Anglicanism
“There is no Anglicanism apart from the Book of Common Prayer,” writes Dr. Peters in his introduction. This statement sums up what many of us believe—and yet, you can find some Anglicans who rarely, if ever, use the prayer book. This brief introduction to Anglican spirituality ought to convince every English-speaking Christian of what a treasure the prayer book is. It is our Rule of Life. It is a tried-and-true way of reading and praying Holy Scripture in a formative way. I pray that this book will be used by God to convince every person in our tradition of this truth, and that it may also convince newcomers to the Anglican way of the same.
—Charles F. Camlin, dean, Cranmer Theological House
Students of the Anglican Way will be nurtured by the symphonic blend of doxology, theology, and ecclesiology as they read Anglican Spirituality: An Introduction. The Rev. Dr. Greg Peters effectively explains how the Anglican Book of Common Prayer’s application of the threefold Benedictine Rule—Daily Office, Holy Communion, private devotion—systematically advances spirituality through the daily corporate and individual reading of the Bible and prayers.
—Steven Richard Rutt, associate professor of biblical studies, Arizona Christian University