tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11642631.post-1160668048448489602006-10-12T23:07:00.000+08:002006-10-12T23:47:28.590+08:00Just a quick food for thought...<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3067/953/400/andrewcathedral.jpg" alt="" border="0" />Last month, I submitted a paper that compare and contrast the liturgical services of an Anglican church and a Roman Catholic Church. In order to do the paper, I had to visit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Cathedral%2C_Singapore">St Andrew’s Cathedral</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Good_Shepherd">Cathedral of the Good Shepherd</a>. Those visits were quite an eye-opener. Well... I finally got my paper back today and thank God, I believe I did pretty well for someone whose academic background was in IT rather than the humanities. I am also reminded of a thought that I had after I handed in my paper last month.<br /><br />Unlike today where the majority of the Anglican Church is literate, people back in the days of the Reformation were mostly illiterate. Through the lectures and my readings on Anglicanism, I learned that one of the reasons for its emphasis on liturgical ceremonies was to impart Bible teachings to the laity through the use of our three major senses: sight, sound and smell. The observance of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical_year">liturgical year</a> is one such example.<br /><br />For those of us who comes from non-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_polity">episcopal</a> denominations, perhaps this is one thing we could learn from the Anglican Church when we are exploring various ways to educate illiterate people in our missions programmes.beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05157229724513921193noreply@blogger.com