LAST EDITED ON Nov-23-07 AT 05:56 PM (EST)
 
>[788] Yeah, yeah, Episcopals don't do confession. Sue me.
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Actually, that's not quite accurate. The Episcopal Church in the USA does have a confession service, called "Reconciliation of the Penitent", in the 1979 edition of the Book of Common Prayer:

http://holycross-raleigh.org/bcp/447.html

It's not often used, but at least one Episcopal church I attended in the 1970's, in Fayetteville, NC, set aside time on Saturdays for anyone who wanted to avail themselves of that service. It seems to be more of a framework for priest-to-parishioner counseling, though, and I don't think penance is mandatory.

I don't know whether the Church of England itself has such a service; I couldn't find it in the 1662 edition of the BCP reproduced at the above site. As both churches are, of course, members of the Anglican Communion, I shouldn't think DJ would run into any problems if he took part in services more specifically pertaining to the American church. He'd add his own prayers for His Majesty during the "General Prayers of the People" section of the Eucharist, though. (Am I alone in thinking that DJ became rather more active in his churchgoing after the events of NXE than he might have before?)

-Joe-