Glossary of Terms
Missal Mass
” The use of a missal has never been required in the Anglican liturgical tradition. However, unofficial missals have been privately published. These missals combine liturgical texts from the Prayer […]
Mission
From the Latin “to send.” Christian mission is the sending forth to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. The authority for Christian mission is based in Christ and known through […]
Mission and Ministry
Journal published by Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, formerly Kerygma. Mission and Ministry began publication in Advent 1982. It combines “theological reflection and pastoral instruction on issues important to biblical […]
Mission Services or Third Services
” Simplified forms of the Daily Offices of the BCP. These simplified forms, also known as “Third Services,” began to be used in the mid-nineteenth century in pastoral contexts that […]
Missionary
One sent to proclaim the good news of Christ. The term is from the Latin “to send.” All Christians by baptism are called to “proclaim by word and example the […]
Missionary Bishops
A bishop sent by the church to lead the organization and development of the church in a new mission field. The 1835 General Convention, the Missionary Convention, passed the canon, […]
Missionary College of St
Augustine, Benicia, California. See St. Augustine, Missionary College of, Benicia, California.
Missionary, The
This periodical was published at Burlington, New Jersey, under the patronage and editorship of Bishop George Washington Doane. The first issue was dated Sept. 20, 1835, and it ceased publication […]
Mississippi, Diocese of
This diocese was organized at Trinity Church, Natchez, on May 17-18, 1826. It includes the entire state of Mississippi. On Jan. 19, 1966, St. Andrew's Church, Jackson, became the Cathedral […]
Missouri, Diocese of
Jackson Kemper was consecrated the Missionary Bishop of Missouri and Indiana on Sept. 1, 1835. On Nov. 16, 1840, the Diocese of Missouri was organized at Christ Church, St. Louis, […]
Mite Box
” See Blue Box (UTO).
Miter, or Mitre
Liturgical headgear and insignia of bishops and other prelates. It is typically worn by bishops in procession and when pronouncing episcopal blessings. It is removed during prayer, including the eucharistic […]
Mixed Chalice
The practice of mixing a little water with the wine that will be consecrated at the eucharist. The BCP states that this practice “is customary” (p. 407). It probably is […]
Mizeki, Bernard
(c. 1861-June 1896). Catechist and martyr in Rhodesia. He was born on the coast of Mozambique, and moved to Capetown, South Africa, in search of employment when he was a […]
Modalism
Modalism, or modalistic monarchianism, is a pre-Nicene teaching about the relation of Christ to God. First taught by Noetus of Smyrna at the end of the second century, modalism was […]
Modernism
The term for the thought of some late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Roman Catholic scholars who sought to embrace the results of recent advances in history, science, and philosophy. They […]
Modeste, Leon Edgar
(b. Aug. 19, 1926). Director of General Convention Special Program. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. Modeste received his B.A. in 1950 from Long Island University and his M.S.W. […]
Mollegen, Albert Theodore
(Feb. 17, 1906-Jan. 22, 1984). Seminary professor and theologian. He held the chair of New Testament Language and Literature and later the Clinton S. Quin Chair of Christian Ethics at […]
Monarchianism
From the Greek monos, “one,” and arche, “source” or “principle,” monarchianism is a teaching about God which flourished in the second and third centuries. It stressed the unity (or monarchy) […]
Monastery
A place where members of religious orders live in community, usually under the monastic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. The orderly life of prayer, work, and study is carried […]
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.