Charles Walker (liturgist)


Charles Walker was a liturgist and author. He was associated with St Michael's, Brighton, in the 1860s.

''The Ritual Reason Why''

Walker wrote and edited two editions of the book The Ritual Reason Why. This book was "designed to give a rationale of ceremonial worship" in the Church of England. Walker was moved by the conviction that "much of the opposition to ritual" in the Anglican Church was "due to a mistaken or inadequate view of its meaning and intention". Further, he noted that "Scripture itself teaches us the duty of instructing the people in the rationale of divine ceremonial; the objective end of which it is that it 'may be a sign among us, that when our children ask – what mean ye by these things,' we may 'Answer them.'".

Other works

Other publications include: The Liturgy of the Church of Sarum; The Services of the Church; Oswald, the Young Artist – a Tale for Boys ; A Prayer Book for the Young; and Devotions on the Communion of Saints.