The sermon (Cartoon by Dave Walker)
Patrick Comerford
TH8824: Liturgy, Worship and Spirituality
Year II, 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., Thursdays, Hartin Room:
24 November 2016
8.2: Seminar: homiletics in liturgy and homiletics in history: readings may include Saint Augustine, Thomas Cranmer, Lancelot Andrewes, John Wesley and Martin Luther King.
Sermon Illustrations (Cartoon by Dave Walker)
1, Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine of Hippo
For Saint Augustine of Hippo and his sermon, ‘John is the Voice, Jesus is the Word,’ see here.
2, Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
For Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) and his Sermon on the Knowledge of Scripture Part 2 (The Second Part of the Sermon of the Exhortation to Holy Scripture Against Fear and Excuses), see here.
3, Lancelot Andrewes
Lancelot Andrewes ... TS Eliot describes him as ‘the first great preacher of the English Catholic Church’
For Bishop Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626) and his ‘Christmas Day Sermon, 1622’ see here.
4, John Wesley
John Wesley, by William Hamilton
For John Wesley (1703-1791), and his ‘Sermon 101: The Duty Of Constant Communion, from The Sermons of John Wesley,’ see here.
5, Martin Luther King
The Revd Dr Martin Luther King … ‘How Long? Not Long!’
For the Revd Dr Martin Luther King (1929-1968) and his sermon, ‘Our God Is Marching On!’ (25 March 1965. Montgomery, Alabama), see here.
Next week (1 December 2016):
9.1: Baptism and Eucharist (3) the contemporary life and mission of the Church.
Worship and inculturation.
9.2: Theology of the whole people of God; the theology and rites of ordination; gender and ministry.
(Revd Canon Professor) Patrick Comerford is Lecturer in Anglicanism, Liturgy and Church History, the Church of Ireland Theological Institute. These notes were prepared for a seminar on 24 November 2016 on Module TH 8824: Liturgy, Worship and Spirituality on the MTh course.
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