In his Liturgy, Order & the Law, Rupert BD. H. Bursell, an eminent
Angican Canon Lawyer (and also an Anglican Priest) (Clarendon Press, 1996) ,,
p105 says in a section on "The Holy Table and Communion Plate" as follows:
"in every church or chapel a Holy Table, or altar, must be provided for the
celebration of Holy Communion". Footnote 74 to that statement adds: "It must be
convenient and decent and must be of wood, stone, or other suitable
material"
I think this gives an authoritative answer to this question, and allows
stone altars. I certainly know of many in Anglican parish churches.
Gordon Plumb (Revd).
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