From Easter to Holy Week

Laura E. Moore, Th.D. (2011), The General Theological Seminary (New York, NY), is Parish Administrator at All Saints Episcopal Parish in Hoboken, NJ, and former Adjunct Professor of Liturgics at The General Theological Seminary. She is a member of the North American Academy of Liturgy, where she participates in The Advent Project seminar, and she was a contributing author for Planning Rites and Rituals (New York: Church Publishing, 2017).

Acknowledgements



Introduction

 1 The Context of Liturgical Renewal

 2 Overview of the Project



1 The Evolution of Holy Week

 1 The New Testament Witness

 2 Sunday

 3 An Annual Celebration

 4 Pascha and Baptism

 5 Development of the Triduum and Holy Week

 6 Separation of Baptism from the Triduum

 7 Key Elements of Holy Week

 8 The Reformation



2 The Liturgical Movement

 1 ‘Immediate Roots’ and Early Years

 2 The Context in which the Liturgical Movement Developed

 3 Liturgical Formation

 4 Mediator Dei: Rome Embraces the Liturgical Movement

 5 Conclusion



3 The Renewal of Holy Week in the Roman Catholic Church

 1 The Restoration of the Easter Vigil

 2 Key Liturgical Congresses

 3 Liturgicus Hebdomadae Sanctae Ordo Instauratur (1955)

 4 Popular Devotions

 5 The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

 6 The Roman Calendar of 1969

 7 Conclusion



4 The Liturgical Movement in the Episcopal Church in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

 1 The First Half of the Twentieth Century

 2 The 1928 Book of Common Prayer

 3 Holy Week in the Episcopal Church from 1928 until Mid-Century

 4 The Difficulty with Good Friday

 5 How Was Holy Week Celebrated, and by Whom?

 6 Conclusion



5 Prayer Book Revision and Holy Week

 1 Unofficial and Grassroots Holy Week Liturgies at Mid-Century

 2 The Episcopal Church Contemplates Prayer Book Revision

 3 The Standing Liturgical Commission Tackles Holy Week

 4 Holy Week, Day by Day

 5 Feedback on the Draft Holy Week Liturgies

 6 Conclusions



6 Prayer Book Revision Comes to an End (For the Moment)

 1 Introducing the Book to the Church

 2 Key Features of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer

 3 The Paschal Mystery

 4 The Ministry of All the People of God

 5 A Liturgical Structure Where Eucharist Is the Normative Context

 6 Holy Week in the 1979 Book

 7 Holy Week in the New York Metropolitan Area

 8 Featured Parishes – From Trial Use to the 1979 BCP

 9 Conclusion



7 Holy Week in the Anglican Communion

 1 The Church of England

 2 Other Churches in the Anglican Communion



8 Conclusions

 1 Where Have We Come From?

 2 Where Are We Now?

 3 What Does the Future Hold?

Appendix 1: The Evolution of the Chief Days of Holy Week in the Episcopal Church

Appendix 2: The Evolution of Holy Week in the Four Featured Parishes

Appendix 3: Daily Office Lections for Holy Week

Appendix 4: Holy Week in Parishes around the United States

Appendix 5: Key Dates

Bibliography

 Index