THE PARSON’S HANDBOOK.............................................................................. 2
PREFACE TO THE TWELFTH EDITION.......................................................... 4
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................... 7
End Notes....................................................................................................... 29
NOTE ON THE CHURCHYARD GARDEN.................................................... 38
1: The Chancel and Nave and Their Furniture................................................... 41
2: The Holy Table and Its Furniture.................................................................. 62
3: Colours, Vestments, and Ornaments............................................................ 83
4: Vestries..................................................................................................... 131
5: General Principles of Ritual and Ceremonial................................................ 141
6: Mattins and Evensong................................................................................ 181
7: The Litany................................................................................................. 198
8: Processions............................................................................................... 203
9: The Holy Communion -- Introduction......................................................... 215
10: Holy Communion – Priest and Clerk........................................................ 243
11: Holy Communion – The Service in Detail................................................. 249
12: Holy Communion – Analysis of the Ceremonial........................................ 293
13: Holy Baptism........................................................................................... 317
14: Catechism and Confirmation.................................................................... 327
15: The Solemnization of Matrimony.............................................................. 343
16: The Visitation and Communion of the Sick and the Churching of Women.. 349
17: The Burial of the Dead............................................................................. 359
18: Notes on the Seasons.............................................................................. 372
APPENDIX...................................................................................................... 398
THE ORNAMENTS OF A LONDON CHURCH IN THE SIXTH YEAR OF KING EDWARD VI. 1 398
SOME BOOKS QUOTED IN THE FOREGOING PAGES............................ 409
INDEX............................................................................................................. 419