ABSTRACT
The starting-point of this book was the introduction of a similar service in three different Churches: Sunday Worship in the absence of a Priest in the Roman Catholic Church (Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, 1988), Extended Communion in the Methodist Church (Methodist Church, 1999), and Public Worship with Communion by Extension in the Church of England (Archbishop’s Council, 2001). These services were received with great criticism in the liturgical literature and in the case of the Church of England passed through General Synod with the closest of margins. They continue to be of controversy, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England.
