Part I, The Man: (B) The Minister in the Prayer Book

While much of the Church of England view of the ministry can be seen in the services which the clergyman is appointed to render, and in the various principles of teaching suggested and indicated in the prayers and other devotional parts of the Prayer Book, it is to the Ordinal in particular that we naturally look for the clearest, fullest statements of the Anglican view of the Christian ministry. In the Scripture passages selected and in the exhortations based on these, we are enabled to understand with perfect plainness in what light the Church of England regards the Ministry. To the Ordinal, therefore, we turn first to consider the message of the Scripture portions, and then to study carefully the questions put to the candidates and the answers expected from them.