Glossary of Terms
Little Offices
See Little Hours of the Divine Office.
Liturgical Colors
"Liturgical Colors" in Episcopal worship signify our place in the Church Year: WHITE, the color of Jesus’ burial garments, for Christmas, Easter, and other ‘feasts’ or festival days, as well […]
Liturgical Movement, The
A movement of liturgical renewal and reform, rooted in new discoveries concerning the Christian liturgical tradition and new insights into the experience of common worship. The liturgical movement was encouraged […]
Liturgical Studies
Collections of essays issued from time to time under the direction of the Standing Liturgical Commission. Liturgical Studies are designed to help the commission carry out its canonical mandate “to […]
Liturgical Texts for Evaluation
A booklet containing adapted liturgical texts for the Daily Office and the Holy Eucharist, along with a musical supplement. These adapted texts reflect concern for use of liturgical language that […]
Liturgics
The study of liturgy, including the rites, forms, texts, symbols, and theology of worship. It is also known as liturgiology. Candidates for ordination to the transitional diaconate and priesthood must […]
Liturgiology
See Liturgics.
Liturgy
The church’s public worship of God. The term is derived from Greek words for “people” and “work.” The church’s public worship of God is the work of the Christian people. […]
Liturgy and Music, Standing Commission on
An interim body of the General Convention created in 1997. This commission combines the work and responsibilities of two previous bodies, the Standing Liturgical Commission and the Standing Commission on […]
Liturgy of the Eucharist
The second half of the eucharistic service, from the offertory to the end of the eucharistic rite. It is also known as the liturgy of the table. It is named […]
Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper was presented to the 1967 General Convention and approved for trial use
It was also in 1967 that the General Convention approved the constitutional change allowing trial use for liturgical revision. Responses to this eucharistic rite influenced Services for Trial Use, a […]
Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper, The (1966)
A book containing a eucharistic rite for trial use, along with study materials concerning the process of liturgical revision, the problem of liturgical norms, new perspectives in liturgical renewal, and […]
Liturgy of the Table
A convenient, frequently used term for the portion of the eucharistic rite which is celebrated at the altar (holy table), titled “The Holy Communion” in the BCP. It consists of […]
Liturgy of the Word
The first part of the eucharist, centered upon the proclamation of the Word of God, preceding the Great Thanksgiving. The BCP identifies this part of the eucharist as the Word […]
Living Church Annual, The
See Episcopal Church Annual, The.
Living Church, The
A weekly magazine dedicated to serving the Episcopal Church, The Living Church was founded in 1878 and published in Chicago under the editorship of the Rev. Charles W. Leffingwell. It […]
Living the Good News, or Colorado Curriculum
A Christian education curriculum based on the common lectionary. It was begun in the Diocese of Colorado in 1976 as a six-week program. It is sometimes referred to as the […]
Lloyd, Arthur Selden
(May 3, 1857-July 22, 1936). Bishop and president of the Board of Missions. He was born in Mt. Ada, Alexandria County, Virginia. Lloyd received his B.A. in 1877 from the […]
Lloyd’s Clerical Directory
In 1898 the Rev. Frederick Ebenezer John Lloyd, rector of Trinity Church, Hamilton, Ohio, published a volume patterned on the English Crockford's Clerical Directory. It was entitled Lloyd's Clerical Directory […]
Local priest
See Canon 9 clergy.
Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from “An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians,” Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.