"Holy
Scripture contains all things necessary to salvation. Anything
not found in it, or proved by it, is not to be required of
anyone, that it should be believed as an article of Faith,
or be thought as necessary to salvation."
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of Religion
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of Common Prayer
Holy
Scripture, the Bible, The Word of God.
We believe the Bible consists of books written by people under
the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. We call them the Word
of God because God inspired their human authors and because
God still speaks to us through the Bible. We understand the
meaning of the Bible by the help of the Holy Spirit, who guides
the Church, the Body of Christ, the People of God, in the
true interpretation of the Scriptures.
The
Bible
The Book of Common Prayer
Prayers of the people
Worship
The Sacraments
Other rites and ceremonies
The Catechism
The
Bible
The Holy Scripture, commonly called the Bible, are the books
of the Old and New Testaments; other books, called the Apocrypha,
are often included in the Bible.
The Old Testament consists of books written by the people
of the Old Covenant, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
to show God at work in nature and history.
The New Testament consists of books written by the people
of the New Covenant, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
to set forth the life and teachings of Jesus and to proclaim
the Good News of the Kingdom of God for all people.
The Apocrypha is a collection of additional books written
by people of the Old Covenant, and used in the Christian Church.
We call them the Word of God because God inspired their human
authors and because God still speaks to us through the Bible.
We understand the meaning of the Bible by the help of the
Holy Spirit, who guides the Church in the true interpretation
of the Scripture.
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The
Book of Common Prayer
Wherever Christians are gathered certain forms of public worship
are followed. They include a time of prayer, reading from
scripture, and administrtation of the sacraments. Many rites
and ceremonies are practices and rituals based in Holy Scripture
and traditions of the Church going back almost two thousand
years. Trinity Church uses the Book of Common Prayer as its
source of liturgy as established by the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States of America in 1789. The Book of
Common Prayer has been revised several times over the last
two centuries, most recently in 1979. A history of the Book
of Common Prayer since its introduction in the 1500's
in the Church of England to a downloadable version of today's
edition are available.
Prayers
of the people
Worship
The
Sacraments
The sacraments are outward and visible signs of inward and
spiritual grace, given by Christ as sure and certain means
by which we receive
Grace is God’s favor toward us, unearned and undeserved;
by grace God forgives our sins, enlightens our minds, stirs
our hearts, and strengthens our wills.
The two great sacraments given by Christ to his Church are
Holy Baptism and the Holy Eucharist.
Other rites and ceremonies
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The
Catechism
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