A Passion for Intercessory Prayer: The Historic Vocation of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross
A Passion for Intercessory Prayer: The Historic Vocation of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross
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对代祷的热情：圣十字同伴协会的历史使命
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10.1177/000332861609800205
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2016
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Fredrica Harris Thompsett
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作者：
Fredrica Harris Thompsett
在圣公会内部的“感情纽带”很可能在祈祷中得到加强的时候，一个相对不为人所知的、当然也是不为人知的圣公会女性群体可能是一个可用的资源。圣十字同盟会，凭借其悠久的历史、实用的神学、结构和代祷实践，继续拥抱其对建立祈祷社区的热情。正如本文所强调的，协会的历史揭示了一个不断发展和发展的机构，其成员，称为同伴，在研究和讨论经济、社会、工业和全球关切问题时行使他们的神学权威和社会意识，从而导致知情的代祷。该协会的两个创始支柱--艾米丽·马尔伯恩·摩根和维达·达顿·斯卡德尔--塑造了该协会的良知，并坚持认为祈祷和行动是解决当时社会问题的宗教义务。作为对这一愿景的回应，该协会是2014年3月英国国教妇女祈祷会议的主要策划者和参与者：编织我们的情感纽带。这次会议的成功表明，该协会的成员主要位于北美，可以在国际上扩展其对代祷的视野和热情，并在圣公会内部采取更公开的存在。显然，妇女的祈祷实践和不断发展的实践神学是活的，而且很好，值得本文试图鼓励的进一步关注。
At a time when the “bonds of affection” might well be prayerfully strengthened within the Anglican Communion, a relatively unknown and certainly an unheralded group of Episcopal women may be an available resource. The Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross, with its long history, practical theology, structure, and practice of intercessory prayer, continues to embrace its passion for building a community of prayer. As this essay highlights, the Society's history reveals a growing and evolving institution whose members, called Companions, exercise their theological authority and societal awareness in study and discussion of economic, social, industrial, and global concerns leading to informed intercessory prayer. The two founding pillars of the Society—Emily Malbone Morgan and Vida Dutton Scudder—shaped the conscience of the Society and insisted that prayer and action were religious obligations for meeting the social problems of their day. Responding to this vision, the Society was a lead planner and participant in the March 2014 conference “Anglican Women at Prayer: Weaving Our Bonds of Affection.” The success of this conference suggests that the Society, whose membership is located primarily in North America, might extend its vision and passion for intercessory prayer internationally and take on a more public presence within the Anglican Communion. Clearly, women's practices of prayer and evolving practical theology are alive and well, and deserve the further attention this essay seeks to encourage.