The Legal Position of the ClergySmith, Philip Vernon
Religion
The Legal Position of the Clergy
Smith, Philip Vernon
Canon law; Clergy -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain; Ecclesiastical law -- Great Britain
1. Duty of clergy as to uniformity of service--Divergence by
lawful authority--Liberty under Act of 1872. 2. Morning and
Evening Prayer--Litany--Bishop may order two full services, and
a third service, with sermon. 3. Notices during Divine
service--Notices on church door--Banns. 4. Offertory--Other
collections in a church or chapel--Duty of incumbent as to money
entrusted to him. 5. Questions as to the legality of various
church ornaments, vestments, and ceremonies--Legal decisions as
to (_A_) Stone Holy Table--Crucifix--Cross--Candlesticks--
Flower-vases--Pictures--Sculptures--Credence table--Second Holy
Table-- Chancel gates--Baldacchino--Voice of parishioners in
vestry--(_B_) Attire of clergy at Holy
Communion--Surplice--Hood--Albe--Vestment or
chasuble--Tunicle--Stole--Chaplain's scarf--Biretta--Black
gown--(_C_) Incense--Processions with lighted candles--Lighted
candles at Holy Communion--Mixed chalice--Wafers--Agnus Dei and
other hymns--Position of minister--Genuflexions--Elevation--Sign
of the Cross--Ablutions--Reservation. 6. Baptism not to be
refused--Time for the ceremony--Private baptism in urgent
cases--Godparents--Reception in church after private
baptism--Conditional baptism--Immersion or affusion--Notice to
bishop in cases of adult baptism--Deacon may baptize--Lay
baptism. 7. Times for and notice of Holy Communion--Communion
not to be unlawfully refused--Who are to be repelled from
it--Procedure in such cases--Jenkins _v_. Cook--Persons coming
from other parishes--Persons attending dissenting places of
worship--Persons baptized in another communion and not
confirmed. 8. Sermons and homilies--Provisions of rubrics,
Canons, and Acts of Parliament. 9. Catechising. 10. Churching of
women pages 80-99
CHAPTER VI
MARRIAGE
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