The Diaconate Now by Richard T. Nolan (Editor) - 1968

This book is in good condition. There is minimal wear on the front, back, edges, and spine of the cover boards. There is no bumping, or fraying on the cover boards. The pages are yellowing and tanning, with some fraying on the vertical edges, but the pages are clear of any markings.

"In 1963 a bishop of the Episcopal Church laid hands on my head and said, "Take thou authority to execute the Office of a Deacon in the Church of God committed unto thee; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Ghost, Amen." Three days later began my month's supply ministry in a parish whose rector was on vacation. Except for a Sunday supply priest, I was quite on my own for all practical purposes. As a matter of curiosity, I took up the Book of Common Prayer to see again what specific functions I had as a deacon; academic theory and ordination promises had suddenly acquired a jolting dimension of existential reality! Finding listed some tasks I felt unprepared for, and some that perhaps were not to be done, I ministered as I could for the four weeks...." - Preface from The Diaconate Now