Evangelical Eucharistic Thought in the Church of England [Hardcover]

This book studies the way the Eucharist has been treated in the practice of the Evangelical tradition in the Church of England.This book studies the way the central act of Christian worship (variously known as the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper, the Holy Communion, and the Mass) has been treated in the thought and practice of the Evangelical tradition in the Church of England. Evangelicals are not associated with an emphasis on the Eucharist, and Dr Cocksworth's study is important and potentially very influencial because it demonstrates that SH at its times of strength SH the Evangelical tradition has held the Eucharist in the highest regard.This book studies the way the central act of Christian worship (variously known as the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper, the Holy Communion, and the Mass) has been treated in the thought and practice of the Evangelical tradition in the Church of England. Evangelicals are not associated with an emphasis on the Eucharist, and Dr Cocksworth's study is important and potentially very influencial because it demonstrates that SH at its times of strength SH the Evangelical tradition has held the Eucharist in the highest regard.This book studies the way the central act of Christian worship (variously known as the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper, the Holy Communion, and the Mass) has been treated in the thought and practice of the Evangelical tradition in the Church of England. Evangelicals are not associated with an emphasis on the Eucharist, and Dr. Cocksworth's study is important and potentially very influential because it demonstrates that--at its times of strength--the Evangelical tradition has held the Eucharist in the highest regard.Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction: 1. The movement, the thesis, the method; Part I. Historical Survey: 2. The Reformers' bequest; 3. The legacy in the Anglican tradition; 4. The legacy in the Puritan tradition; 5. The traditions in the Revival; 6. Evangelicals, the tradition and the tension; Part II.l£-