Contents
Table of
promulgation of Canons
Section A: The Church of
England
A 1 Of the Church of
England
A 2 Of the Thirty-Nine Articles
of Religion
A 3 Of The Book of Common
Prayer
A 4 Of the form and manner of
making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and
deacons
A 5 Of the doctrine of the Church
of England
A 6 Of the government of the
Church of England
A 7 Of the Royal
Supremacy
A 8 Of schisms
Section B: Divine service and the
administration of the sacraments
B 1 Of conformity of
worship
B 2 Of the approval of forms of
service
B 3 Of the form of service to be
used where alternative forms are authorized
B 4 Of forms of service approved
by the Convocations, Archbishops or Ordinary for use on certain
occasions
B 4A [Repealed]
B 5 Of the discretion of
ministers in conduct of public prayer
B 5A Of authorization of forms
of service for experimental periods
B 6 Of Sundays and other days of special
observance
B 7 Of the giving notice of
Feast Days and Fast Days
B 8 Of the vesture of ordained
and authorized ministers during the time of divine service
B 9 Of reverence and attention
to be used in the time of divine service
B 10 Of Morning and Evening
Prayer in cathedral churches
B 11 Of Morning and Evening
Prayer in parish churches
B 11A [Repealed]
B 12 Of the ministry of the Holy
Communion
B 13 Of Holy Communion in
cathedral churches
B 14 Of Holy Communion in parish
churches
B 14A Of services in churches
and other places of worship
B 15 Of the receiving of Holy
Communion
B 15A Of the admission to Holy
Communion
B 16 Of notorious offenders not
to be admitted to Holy Communion
B 17 Of bread and wine for the
Holy Communion
B 17A Of the disposition of the
alms at Holy Communion
B 18 Of sermons in parish
churches
B 19 Of the Bidding Prayer which
may be used by a preacher before his sermon
B 20 Of the musicians and music
of the Church
B 21 Of Holy Baptism
B 22 Of the baptism of infants
B 23 Of godparents and
sponsors
B 24 Of the baptism of such as
are of riper years
B 25 Of the sign of the Cross in
baptism
B 26 Of teaching the
young
B 27 Of confirmation
B 28 Of reception into the
Church of England
B 29 Of the ministry of
absolution
B 30 Of Holy Matrimony
B 31 Of certain impediments to
marriage
B 32 Of certain impediments to
the solemnization of matrimony
B 33 Of the duty of the minister
to inquire as to impediments
B 34 Of requirements preliminary
to the solemnization of matrimony
B 35 Of rules to be observed as
to the preliminaries and to the solemnization of Holy
Matrimony
B 36 Of a service after civil
marriage
B 37 Of the ministry to the
sick
B 38 Of the burial of the
dead
B 39 Of the registration of
baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials
B 40 Of Holy Communion elsewhere
than in consecrated buildings
B 41 Of divine service in private chapels
B 42 Of the language of divine
service
B 43 Of relations with other
Churches
B 44 Of local ecumenical
projects
Section C: Ministers, their
ordination, functions and charge
C 1 Of holy orders in the Church
of England
C 2 Of the consecration of
bishops
C 3 Of the ordination of priests
and deacons
C 4 Of the quality of such as
are to be ordained deacons or priests
C 4A Of women deacons
C 4B Of women priests
C 5 Of the titles of such as are
to be ordained deacons or priests
C 6 Of the certificates and
testimony to be exhibited to the bishop by such as are to be
ordained deacons or priests
C 7 Of examination for holy
orders
C 8 Of ministers exercising
their ministry
C 9 Of collation and
presentation
C 10 Of admission and
institution
C 11 Of induction
C 12 Of the licensing of
ministers under seal
C 13 Of the Oath of
Allegiance
C 14 Of the Oaths of Obedience
C 15 Of the Declaration of
Assent
C 16 [Repealed]
C 17 Of archbishops
C 18 Of diocesan bishops
C 19 [Repealed]
C 20 Of bishops
suffragan
C 21 Of deans or provosts, and
canons residentiary of cathedral or collegiate churches
C 22 Of archdeacons
C 23 Of rural deans
C 24 Of priests having a cure of
souls
C 25 Of the residence of priests
on their benefices
C 26 Of the manner of life of
clerks in Holy Orders
C 27 Of the dress of
ministers
C 28 Of the occupations of
ministers
Section D: The order of
deaconesses
D 1 Of the order of
deaconesses
D 2 Of admission to the order of
deaconesses
D 3 Of the licensing of
deaconesses
Section E: The lay officers of
the church
E 1 Of churchwardens
E 2 Of sidesmen or assistants to the
churchwardens
E 3 Of parish clerks and other
officers
E 4 Of readers
E 5 Of the nominations and
admission of readers
E 6 Of the licensing of
readers
E 7 Of lay workers
E 8 Of the admission and
licensing of lay workers
Section F: Things appertaining to
churches
F 1 Of the font
F 2 Of the holy table
F 3 Of the communion
plate
F 4 Of the communion
linen
F 5 Of surplices for the
minister
F 6 Of the reading desks and
pulpit
F 7 Of seats in church
F 8 Of church bells
F 9 Of the Bible and The
Book of Common Prayer for the use of the minister
F 10 Of the alms box
F 11 Of the register books and
their custody
F 12 Of the register book of
services
F 13 Of the care and repair of
churches
F 14 Of the provision of things appertaining to
churches
F 15 Of churches not to be
profaned
F 16 Of plays, concerts, and
exhibitions of films and pictures in churches
F 17 Of keeping a record of the
property of churches
F 18 Of the survey of
churches
Section G: The Ecclesiastical
Courts
G 1 Of Ecclesiastical Courts
and Commissions
G 2 Of the chancellor or judge
of a Consistory Court
G 3 Of the judges of the Arches
Court of Canterbury and the Chancery Court of York
G 4 Of registrars
G 5 Of visitations
G 6 Of presentments
Section H: The Synods of the
Church
H 1 Of the General Synod and
the Convocations
H 2 Of the representation of
the clergy in the Lower House of the Convocations
H 3 Of the Constitution of the
Upper Houses of the Convocations
Supplementary
material
Proviso to Canon 113 of the
Code of 1603
Approved and Commended forms of
service under Canons B 2, B 4 and B 5
Versions of the Bible and of the
Psalms
Regulations on the
administration of Holy Communion (Canon B 12)
Admission of baptized children
to Holy Communion Regulations 2006 (Canon B 15A)
Advice issued by the House of
Bishops concerning marriage and the divorced (Canon B 30)
Solemnization of marriage by
deacons (Canon B 35)
Churches designated pursuant to
the Church of England (Ecumenical Relations) Measure 1988 (Canons B
43 and B 44)
Clergy (Ordination) Measure
1990 - Directions made jointly by the Archbishops (Canon C
4)
Churches in communion with the
Church of England (Canon C 8)
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