Produced by Elaine Laizure from images generously made available by the Internet Archive. THE CHURCH HANDY DICTIONARY TO THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, D.D. LORD BISHOP OF LINCOLN, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS (WITH HIS LORDSHIP'S KIND PERMISSION) RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. THE CHURCH HANDY DICTIONARY _Dedicated by permission_ TO THE RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF LINCOLN. NEW YORK: JAMES POTT & CO., 14 & 16, ASTOR PLACE. 1890 CHURCH HANDY DICTIONARY. _Additions and Corrections_. ALTAR CLOTH, p. 3 add-- This is the modern Roman sequence of colours, but there is another more truly belonging to the English Church, viz., the Sarum, in which only _Red_ and _White_ are used. HERESY, p. 53, line, for "not taught" read "_formally condemned_." MIRACLES, p. 69, at the end, dele. and add-- , which latter deals with certain specious arguments adduced by these writers against the _a priori_ possibility of a miracle taking place. PRESENCE, REAL, p. 81, add,-- Bishop Harold Brown says, in his history of Art. 28, "The doctrine of a real, spiritual presence is the doctrine of the English Church," and quotes the following passage from Jer. Taylor: "The result of which doctrine is this: it is bread, and it is Christ's Body. It is bread in substance, Christ in the Sacrament; and Christ is as really given to all that are truly disposed, as the symbols are: each as they can; Christ as Christ can be given; the bread and the wine as they can; and to the same real purpose to which they were designed." The Article referred to above states, "The Body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is Faith." Preface From the nature of the case a little work such as this cannot lay claim to much originality, but must be, in the main, a compilation from various sources. Thus the articles on controverted subjects set forth the views of the best authorities to which the compiler has had access, but not necessarily his own, though his stand-point all along is, he trusts, distinctly that of the Church of England. The idea of this book was suggested by Dean Hook's invaluable Church Dictionary, but, as will be seen on comparison, it is by no means a mere abridgement of that work, many other authors having been laid under contribution, and fresh articles having been added. Dean Hook's Dictionary is admirable for its comprehensiveness and general accuracy, but unfortunately the price puts it out of the reach of most of those for whose use the present "Handy Dictionary" is intended.