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Webster, John R "Ministry and Priesthood", in Sykes, B & Booty, J (eds) The Study of Anglicanism (London, 1988) pp 285 - 296
Richard's notes on Anglican Ordinals - Theological Statements on Priesthood
Comparing and contrasting the Ordinal incorporated in the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 with that in A New Zealand Prayer Book / He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa published in 1989.
How is the purpose of God's revelation described?

BCP: "[Jesus Christ] sent abroad into the world his Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Doctors, and Pastors; by whose labour and industry he gathered together a great flock in all the parts of the world, to set forth the eternal praise of thy holy name [Quote p.661]

ANZPB: "Christ gave gifts abundantly to the Church. Some he made apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers; to equip God's people for their work of ministry and to build up the body of Christ." [Quote p.900]

How is the task of the ministry of Ordained delineated in relation to the ministry of the Church?
Cranmer aimed to recapture the Church for the Laity, and took the Protestant view of the presbyter as a public functionary in religious matters. Nevertheless his rite reflected the view of its time that to be Clergy was as much to enjoy a paternal status as to fulfil a co-operative r?le. Almost inevitably, the ordained ministers soon come to be looked upon as official Christians. Despite express and emphatic rejection of a clergy/laity dichotomy, such a dichotomy continues into and throughout Protestantism's history. Ordination gave the minister a special social eminence.

BCP "... into how high a Dignity, and to how weighty an Office and Charge ye are called: that is to say, to be Messengers, Watchmen, and Stewards of the Lord; to teach, and to premonish, to feed and provide for the Lord's family." [Quote p.652]

The 1989 ordinal is more uncompromising in its commitment to the priesthood of all the baptised, perhaps from a perception that the Reformers' rhetoric had not been realised in action. Great emphasis is placed upon the communal and societal nature of ministry, and it may be that the social attitudes of late-twentieth century New Zealanders are more conducive to that functional view of ministry which the Reformers had envisaged as an ideal.

ANZPB: "All Christians have a ministry by virtue of their baptism ... and some members of the baptised community are called and empowered to fulfil an ordained ministry, and to enable the total mission of the Church. ... [p.901] Priests in the church are called to build up Christ's congregation, to strengthen the baptised, and to lead them as witnesses to Christ in the world." [Quote p.887]

What specific functions are ascribed to the Ordained?
BCP presented the world as a place hostile to faith, and the priest as a person charged with rescuing the people from its clutches.

BCP: "to seek for Christ's sheep that are dispersed abroad, and for his children who are in the midst of this naughty world, that they may be saved through Christ for ever." [Quote p.652]

This theme is almost entirely absent from ANZPB which concentrates rather on the functions the priest performs in uniting the world to Christ.

ANZPB: "They are to share people's joys and sorrows,
encourage the faithful, recall those who fall away,
heal and help the sick.
Above all they are to proclaim God's word
and take their part in Christ's prophetic work,
to declare forgiveness through Jesus Christ,
to baptise,
to preside at the Eucharist,
to administer Christ's holy sacraments." [Quote p.901]