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Title: Serious, but not overly solemn
Review: WELCOME TO THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH is a realtively short book (less than 150 pp.), but a useful one. It deals with the history of the church going back to the English Reformation, the style of contemporary worship, the importance of the sacraments of Eucharist (communion) and baptism, the significance of the Bible, and the primacy of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer (which, indeed, many Episcopalians simply call "the prayer book").The intended target for this book and others in the series (WELCOME TO THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, WELCOME TO SUNDAY, and others) is probably a prior Protestant or Roman Catholic getting ready to join the Episcopal Church. This is not the place for in-depth history or theology, nor is it meant to be. I agree with the reviewer below who found the suggestions for further reading a little weak. An index would have been nice.
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