Suggested as valuable for General Consultation. HISTORICAL. BLUNT'S KEYS TO ANCIENT AND MODERN CHURCH HISTORY. CUTTS' TURNING-POINTS OF GENERAL AND ENGLISH CHURCH HISTORY. LANE'S ILLUSTRATED NOTES ON ENGLISH CHURCH HISTORY. MCCONNELL'S HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. MOREHOUSE'S SOME AMERICAN CHURCHMEN. BIOGRAPHIES OF AMERICAN BISHOPS AND PRIESTS (BPS. WHITTINGHAM, HOPKINS, DOANE, REV. DR. MUHLENBERG, ETC.) LITURGICAL. COXE'S THOUGHTS ON THE SERVICES. TEACHER'S PRAYER Book. HALL'S NOTES ON THE COLLECTS. BLUNT'S KEYS TO THE PRAYER BOOK AND THE CATECHISM. WHEATLEY ON THE PRAYER BOOK. PRAYER BOOK INTERLEAVED. KEBLE'S CHRISTIAN YEAR. PROCTER'S HISTORY OF THE PRAYER BOOK. LUCKOCK'S DIVINE LITURGY. BLUNT'S HOUSEHOLD THEOLOGY. SADLER'S CHURCH DOCTRINE, BIBLE TRUTH. KIP'S DOUBLE WITNESS OF THE CHURCH. RANDALL'S WHY I AM A CHURCHMAN. GENERAL. LITTLE'S REASONS FOR BEING A CHURCHMAN. THE CHURCH AND HER WAYS. HUNTINGTON'S CHURCH IDEA, AND POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. CHURCH CYCLOPEDIA. MONSELL'S OUR NEW VICAR. STAUNTON'S ECCLESIASTICAL DICTIONARY. This list is brief, but representative. Most of the books are inexpensive, and all are readily to be procured. Any Parish Priest will welcome the opportunity to guide to a judicious selection. (24) 369 GLOSSARY. [Mainly of ecclesiastical terms which either are not named in the text or are not there fully defined, or which are used with an additional significance in another connection.] A. AND O. (Alpha and Omega-Greek.) "The beginning and the ending," as applied to Our Lord in the Apocalypse. ABBEY. A Church now or formerly attached to a monastery or convent. ABLUTION. The purification of the sacred Vessels and of the Celebrant's hands, at the Holy Communion. ACOLYTE. An unordained server for the Ministry of the Altar. AD CLERUM. ("To the Clergy "—Latin.) An address, oral or written, made to the Clergy. AGNUS DEI. ("Lamb of God"—Latin.) A representation of a lamb, with the banner of the Cross, as emblematic of Christ. AISLE. (From the French Aile, wing.) A division of the Church parallel to the Nave and separated from it by columns. ALLEY. A passage between the pews, incorrectly called an aisle. ALL HALLOWS' EVE. The Eve of All Saints' Day. ALTAR SERVICE. The Collect, Epistle and Gospel for the Day; or the Sanctuary Offices bound separately. AMBULATORY. A Church alley surrounding the Choir and Apse. A. M. D. G. (Ad majorem Dei gloriam-Latin.) "To the greater glory of God." An inscription often made upon memorial or other offerings. ANCHOR. The emblem of Hope. ANCIENT AND MODERN. A familiar collection of Hymns used in the Church of England. ANGELIC CHOIR. A loft adjacent to the Choir-stalls, where invisible singers may supplement the Choir. APOSTLE SPOON. Bearing the figure of an Apostle and bestowed anciently at christenings. APSE. The eastern end of the Sanctuary, if semi-circular or polygonal. ARCHDEACON. In the American Church, a Priest appointed by the Bishop to have supervision of a missionary subdivision of the Diocese, known as a Convocation. Different in England. ASSESSOR. A clerical associate who sits with the Bishop, at his request, as his adviser or deputy. ASSISTANT MINISTER. A Priest acting as subordinate to another in parochial or mission work. ASSOCIATE MISSION. An association of Priests, living together and serving several mission stations from one centre. AUREOLE. A luminous cloud surrounding the whole figure in sacred representations. BIRETTA. An ecclesiastical cap, square, with projections at the top. BISHOPRIC. The jurisdiction or office of a Bishop. BLACK RUBRIC. The "Declaration on Kneeling" at the end of the English Communion Office, inserted to meet the objections of the Puritan party in 1662. B. V. M. Initials standing for the Blessed Virgin Mary. CANON. A clerical member of a Cathedral Chapter. CANONICAL RESIDENCE. The length of time prescribed by Canon to the Clergy as necessary to acquire legal membership in a Diocese. CANONIZATION. The act of enrolling one of the dead in the list of the Saints. CANTAB. A Latin abbreviation added to a degree or other honour conferred by the English University of Cambridge. CATHOLIC. The Church which holds descent from and conformity to the order and doctrine of the primitive and undivided Church, as enunciated in the Creeds, and decreed by the Six Ecumenical Councils; a title wrongly assumed by the Roman Church. CELIBACY. The condition of being unmarried; applied especially to those of the Clergy who are bound by a voluntary vow so to remain during life. CENSER. The vessel in which Incense is burned in worship. CERTIFICATES. These are habitually given by the Parish Priest, declaring the facts of Baptism, Confirmation and Marriage. CHANCELLOR. A lay officer learned in Canon law, whom the Bishop selects as his legal adviser in ecclesiastical matters; or the titular head of a University. CHANTRY. A Chapel attached to a Parish Church for the holding of minor Services. CHAPLAIN. A Priest who serves under the Bishop's immediate direction, conducting examinations of candidates and doing special duty near him. CHAPTER-HOUSE. A building attached to a Cathedral for the use of its Chapter. CHIEF PASTOR. The Bishop in his Diocese. CHIMES. A set of bells tuned to a musical scale. CHOIR OFFICES. Those recited musically or otherwise from the Choir. CHOIR SCREEN. The division between the Choir and the aisles or ambulatory, if any, on either side. CHURCH ADVOCATE. One appointed to protect Church property by pleading its causes in the civil courts. CIBORIUM. A vessel containing the consecrated Bread, when reserved for the Holy Eucharist; the Pyx. CIRCLE. The emblem of Eternity. CLERESTORY. The upper story of the Nave with a distinct range of windows. CLERGY-HOUSE. Erected for the residence or occupancy of Clergy in large Parishes. CLERICUS. A meeting of the Clergy only, for purposes which concern that Order. CLERK. In the English Church, the layman who still leads in the responses in some Parishes. |