An Anglican/episcopal Theology Of Worship

Anglican worship emphasizes the incarnational and sacramental motifs of the Christian faith. God was embodied in Jesus Christ. Thus, in worship the church incarnates in a visible and tangible form the embodiment of God in Jesus Christ for the salvation of the world. The Episcopal church, like the other national and regional churches which comprise the Anglican Communion, does not have an official theology of worship. It does have an official practice set forth in The Book of Common Prayer in its various editions from 1549 until the present. Anglican theology of worship is derived from its official liturgical practice. In The Book of Common Prayer of 1979 the American Episcopal Church says,"The Holy Eucharist, the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord's Day and other major Feasts, and daily Morning and Evening Prayer are the regular services of public worship in this Church. " (Book of Common Prayer, 13). The pattern of worship there set forth is daily prayer, preferably in…