The Baptism service currently used by the Church of England has been in use since Easter 1998. The wording of the service was amended by General Synod in 2000 and again in 2005.
In 2011 a group of clergy from the Diocese of Liverpool brought forward a motion to the General Synod of the Church of England requesting materials to supplement the Baptism service “in culturally appropriate and accessible language.” Specifically the motion requested new additional materials which would not replace or revise the current Baptsim service but would be available for use as alternatives to three parts of the service.
In 2011 a group of clergy from the Diocese of Liverpool brought forward a motion to the General Synod of the Church of England requesting materials to supplement the Baptism service “in culturally appropriate and accessible language.”
Ah yes, I suppose it would be Liverpool.
We have been put on the Liverpool Pathway it seems.
“…Liverpool Pathway…”
Or perhaps Winchester (if I remember my history correctly)-
Who would have thought as little as 5 years ago that the CoE would favor the faux religion promulgated by Benjamin Hoadley over the tradition of Cranmer and Hooker (and almost all Anglicans prior to James Pike), not to mention St. Paul and St. John (the Baptist, the Evangelist, Chrysostom and all the other Sts. John).
When I hear clergy propose to change liturgy to suit their ‘context,’ my reaction is that such clergy have far too much time on their hands. Their time and energy would be better used ministering and evangelizing a robust gospel in their communities. The problem is not traditional liturgy.
Faux religion indeed – why is it that ‘context’ always requires a less robust, less meaningful, cheap grace sort of liturgy?
The fields are white with the harvest; we have not been told to pray to the Lord of the Harvest for a weak, culturally ‘appropriate’ liturgy.