Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical; Latin and English
London: The Faith Press, Ltd., 1934. First edition. Tall octavo (8 5/8 inches tall), original light blue cloth, spine lettered in black, original decorated dust jacket. Bookplate and ink signature, slight offsetting and foxing to endpapers, several leaves opened roughly at top edge, faint toning to spine of price-clipped dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. Item #1753
"THE LAST DELIBERATE EFFORT MADE FROM WITHIN THE CHURCH TO SECURE DISCIPLINE AMONG ALL HER MEMBERS"
The Church of England's Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical, the original Latin text of the Canons of 1603—"out of print and generally unknown"—with Latin and English translations on opposite pages. Printed by the Faith Press, this copy is complete with the original dust jacket with a fine illustration of St. George and the Dragon. A handsome copy.
In an Introduction, the Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical are described as "the last deliberate effort made from within the Church to secure discipline among all her members." A body of rules, issued under Royal Authority, for the church's governance, worship, and clergy, the Table of the Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical lists 141 Canons. Of the Church of England (1-12), Of Divine Service and Administration of the Sacraments (13-30, Ministers, their Ordination, Function and Charge (31-76), Schoolmasters (77-79), Things appertaining to Churches (80-88), Churchwardens or Questmen, and Sidmen or Assistants (89-90), Parish Clerks (91), Ecclesiastical Courts (92-108, 109-126), Proctors (129-133), Registrars (134-137), Apparitors (138), Authority of Synods (139-141). Also with the editor's Dedication and brief Preface ("J.V. Bullard, Melsonby, 1934") intending to "stimulate thought rather than to claim consent to conclusions." With a section of Notes on the Canons and an Index.
Price: $150.00