RT Article
T1 Towards the Interchangeability of Anglican and Methodist Deacons
JF Ecclesiology
VO 16
IS 1
SP 34
OP 55
A1 Chapman, David Michael 1960-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1703082907
AB This article examines the prospects for the interchangeability of Anglican and Methodist deacons in Britain with reference to the latest teaching document from the Methodist Church concerning the diaconate. Drawing on this resource, as well as the present ordinals of the Church of England and the Methodist Church, the article demonstrates how Anglicans and Methodists converge in their theological understanding that deacons participate in the martyria, diakonia and leitourgia of the Church - including the ministry of word and sacrament - in ways proper to their office and by virtue of their ordination. The article concludes by posing questions for further investigation concerning the relationship between the diaconate and presbyterate.
K1 Anglican
K1 Methodist
K1 Deacon
K1 Diaconate
K1 interchangeability
K1 Ministry
K1 Ordination
DO 10.1163/17455316-01601004