tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post4112525699265597796..comments2024-03-29T01:24:45.251+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Methodist Chapels ... and 'Bible Sunday'Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-4196950110976489172018-12-10T19:10:49.348+00:002018-12-10T19:10:49.348+00:00The classic Methodist and particularly the Presbyt...The classic Methodist and particularly the Presbyterian churches might be thought of as taking a longstanding Jewish approach to discerning God through an intense familiarization and contemplation of the scriptures. Having the Bible on the altar places the idea of exalting God dwelling in his Word in that context to me, as your own analysis would suggest.Adam 12https://www.blogger.com/profile/06369624412391261191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-24120711511124481952018-12-09T18:51:19.724+00:002018-12-09T18:51:19.724+00:00Near my hotel in Youghal, when I stayed there, the...Near my hotel in Youghal, when I stayed there, there was a 19th century Methodist chapel (as of five months ago) but like Fr I saw nothing of note inside. Primarily it seems to be creche. While the space wouldn't allow for some great pulpit, it was a bit disappointing, a sort of community hall purposed mainly as a creche for working parents. John Wesley popularised a frequent Communion, as Prayerfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01561992635589480308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-5055182161691295942018-12-09T14:01:36.780+00:002018-12-09T14:01:36.780+00:00Father H:
I myself am a convert to the Faith from...Father H:<br /><br />I myself am a convert to the Faith from Methodism. The congregation in which I grew up had a table altar front and center, raised up on (I believe) three levels above the nave and surrounded by a communion rail. Every First Sunday those who were old enough went to the rail to kneel and receive the bread and a small plastic cup of grape juice, over which the minister had Ben of the Bayouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300583569226801488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-69397675421790263822018-12-09T13:52:02.067+00:002018-12-09T13:52:02.067+00:00As an American, I find it weird and disconcerting ...As an American, I find it weird and disconcerting to have people copy us, but for reasons totally different than the reasons we do stuff.<br /><br />I mean, our evangelical groups went with empty space because they had bought empty buildings and could not afford to build big pulpits. Your groups already had big pulpits and historical buildings (many of an age to be receive historical protections Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-5876263768376568282018-12-09T12:58:29.575+00:002018-12-09T12:58:29.575+00:00One of the features of many such Methodist re-orde...One of the features of many such Methodist re-orderings is the introduction of a prominent communion table. Yes, the re-ordering is positively theological - the rediscovery of the importance of (to use Wesley's words) the 'converting ordinance' in the life of the Church. The pulpit is made less significant as the Methodists (as with other fruits of the Ecumenical Movement) Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18190219578785563103noreply@blogger.com