§ 55. The provincial convocations of the present day

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. NOTE V
3. CONTENTS VII
4. I. HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH
5. 1. ENGLAND
6. A. To the time of the Norman Conquest
7. § 1. a. The introduction of Christianity 1
8. § 2. b. Relation of state and church to one another 7
9. § 3. c. Development of the church constitution internally 10
10. B. FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST TO THE REFORMATION
11. §4.a.Relation of state and church to one another 12
12. § 5 b. Development of the church constitution internally 46
13. C. FROM THE REFORMATION TO THE PRESENT DAY
14. § 6. a. The reformation 48
15. § 7. b. The struggle against papists and protestant sects at the end of the sixteenth and in the seventeenth century. 68
16. § 8. c. Relation of state and church to one another 96
17. § 9. d. Development of the church constitution internally 100
18. § 10 103
19. 2. Scotland 103
20. § 11 125
21. 3. Ireland 125
22. 4. The Colonies and Abroad
23. § 12. a. General 141
24. § 13. (6) The United States and American missionary districts 151
25. II. SOURCES OF ECCLESIASTICAL LAW
26. § 14. 1. General 157
27. § 15. 2. The Book of Common Prayer 163
28. § 16. 3. Articles of Belief 169
29. III. RELATION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
30. § 17. 1. The relation of the reformed Church of England to the Church in England before the Reformation 174
31. §18. 2. The relation of the reformed Church of England to other Christian Churches of modern times 177
32. § 19. 3. Procedure against heretics 183
33. IV. THE CLERGY AND THEIR ORDERS
34. § 20. 1. General 195
35. § 21. 2. Participation of the Clergy in the Deliberations of Parliament 200
36. § 22. 3. History of the Celibacy of the Clergy 212
37. V. THE SEVERAL AUTHORITIES IN THE CHURCH
38. 1. THE KING
39. A. MEDIEVAL POWERS
40. a. In relation to foreign influences
41. § 23. 1. The supreme judicial power. Restriction of appeals to the pope 225
42. § 24. 2. Restrictions of the papal legates 232
43. § 25. 3. Restriction on the introduction of bulls 235
44. § 26. 4. Restraint upon ecclesiastical officials as to leaving the realm 239
45. § 27. b. In relation to the national church 241
46. § 28 251
47. B. THE SUPREMACY OF THE SOVEREIGN AS INTRODUCED BY THE REFORMATION
48. Introduction 251
49. 2. Civil Authorities for the Administration of the Church
50. A. Authorities of the Reformation time
51. § 29. a. Authorities for administering the revenues of the state from various ecclesiastical sources 260
52. §30. b. High commission for ecclesiastical causes 261
53. B. AUTHORITIES OF THE PRESENT TIME
54. § 31. The governors of the bounty of queen Anne 265
55. § 32. Ecclesiastical commissioners for England 268
56. 3. Archbishops and Bishops
57. § 33. A. Origin of the various Archbishoprics and Bishoprics 272
58. § 34. B. History of the precedence of the Archbishops of Canterbury as against the Archbishops of York 281
59. § 35. C. Rights and duties of the Archbishops 294
60. § 36. D. Rights and duties of the Bishops 295
61. § 37. 4. Chapters 298
62. 5. REPRESENTATIVES AND ASSISTANTS OF THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS
63. §38. A. ASSISTANTS IN THE EXERCISE OF GOVERNING POWERS 307
64. § 39. B. ASSISTANTS IN THE EXERCISE OF POWER TO CONFIRM, ORDAIN AND CONSECRATE 309
65. § 40. C. ASSISTANTS IN THE EXERCISE OF GOVERNING POWERS AND ALSO IN THAT OF POWERS OF CONFIRMATION, ORDINATION AND CONSECRATION 312
66. § 41. D. ADMINISTRATION OF AN ARCHBISHOPRIC OR BISHOPRIC DURING- VACANCY 314
67. § 42. 6. Archdeacons 316
68. § 43. 7. Rural Deans 321
69. § 44. 8. Parish Priests 326
70. 9. Representatives and Assistants of Parish Priests
71. § 45. A. STIPENDIARY CURATES 338
72. §46. B. READERS 340
73. §47. C. DEACONESSES' INSTITUTIONS, SISTERHOODS, BROTHERHOODS 343
74. §48. 10. CHURCHWARDENS 345
75. 11. MINOR OFFICERS
76. §49. A. PARISH CLERKS 348
77. §50. B. SEXTONS 350
78. § 51. C. BEADLES 350
79. § 52. D. ORGANISTS 350
80. § 53. 12. Lecturers 351
81. 13. ECCLESIASTICAL ASSEMBLIES
82. A. NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL SYNODS
83. § 54. a. Historical 352
84. § 55. The provincial convocations of the present day 372
85. § 56. The houses of laymen 377
86. § 57. B. Diocesan Synods and Diocesan Conferences 378
87. § 58. C. RURAL CHAPTERS 382
88. 14. Ecclesiastical Courts
89. A. HISTORICAL
90. §59. a. To the Norman conquest 384
91. § 60. b. From the Norman conquest to thereformation 392
92. § 61. c. From the reformation to the present day 445
93. B. THE SEVERAL COURTS
94. § 62. a. Royal court 456
95. §63. b. Archiépiscopal courts 460
96. §64. c. Episcopal courts 462
97. §65. Archidiaconal courts 463
98. §66. Other ecclesiastical courts 464
99. APPENDIX
100. I. Ordinance of William I touching the competence of ecclesiastical courts 465
101. II. Charter of Stephen, 1136 466
102. III. Charter of Henry II, 1154 466
103. IV. Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164 467
104. V. Documents touching1 the submission of John to the pope's suzerainty, 1213 470
105. VI. John's charter, 21st November, 1214, touching1 elections of prelates 471
106. VII. Extract from the Magna Carta of 1215 471
107. VIII. Statutum de Prouisoríbus, 25 Ed. III (1350/1) st. 4 476
108. IX. Extract from Edward IV's Charter, 2nd November, 1462 478
109. X. 25 Hen. VIII (1533/4) c 20 ss 3 and 4 touching the mode of filling vacant sees 479
110. XI. The thirty-nine articles of 1563 in the Latin form of 1571 481
111. XII. Extract from the Canons of 1604 488
112. XIII. Examples of instruction to and commission of a rural dean in the 19th century 502
113. XIV. Conspectus of literature 504
114. XV. Chronological table of the kings of England from the Norman Conquest to the present day 534
115. INDEX 537