The Church of the Intercession is a congregation of the Episcopal Church in the United States. It was formerly a part of Trinity Church parish and was known as The Chapel of the Intersession.
The Church is located at the intersection of Broadway and 155th Street in New York, New York. It is the third church building to occupy the site. The present edifice was designed by architectBertram Goodhue in the Neo-gothic style. Mr. Goodhue is renowned for the design of many famous buildings, but he considered Intercession his masterpiece and is buried in its churchyard (see also Trinity Church Cemetery).
The Church stands on the border of Washington Heights and Harlem, at the northern limit of a formerly exclusive Harlem neighbourhood known as ‘Sugar Hill’. In the last two decades of the 20th Century the church became the unofficial headquarters for visiting African prelates, among them ArchbishopSouth Africa.
David Hurd composed the Intercession Mass during his tenure as church organist. This mass setting is used in many Episcopal congregations.
The Church of the Intercession is also known for the annual Clement Clarke Moore Festival, which is the oldest continuing Christmas tradition in New York. It takes place on the last Sunday in Advent. At the center of the service is the reading of the story A Visit from Saint Nicholas. Dr. Moore's authorship of the poem has been contested in recent years.
The Church of the Intercession is a congregation of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America in New York, New York.
It was formerly a part of the Parish of Trinity Church and was known as the Chapel of the Intersession.
The Church stands on the border of Washington Heights and Harlem, at the northern limit of a formerly exclusive Harlem neighbourhood known as ‘Sugar Hill’.
Reformers within the Catholic Church launched the Counter Reformation, a period of doctrinal clarification, reform of the clergy and the liturgy, and re-evangelization begun by the Council of Trent.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, 85 states that authentic interpretation of the Word of God is entrusted to the living Magisterium of the Church, namely the bishops in communion with the successor of Saint Peter.
The Church is convinced it is not free to change this practice, which is traced back to Jesus' choice of apostles, and to the practice of the apostles and their successors, and has declared the matter closed for discussion, the latest declaration being John Paul II's Ordinatio Sacerdotalis in 1994.
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