David Bagchi
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780719089688
- eISBN:
- 9781526135872
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719089688.003.0007
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter examines the theme of disruption and continuity in English religious life at the Restoration with reference to the differing fortunes of those twin pillars of the Anglican establishment, ...
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This chapter examines the theme of disruption and continuity in English religious life at the Restoration with reference to the differing fortunes of those twin pillars of the Anglican establishment, the Authorized Version of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. The AV had commanded broad acceptance under the Commonwealth and its re-authorization in 1660 was unproblematic. The BCP, by contrast, had long been reviled by hotter Protestants for its conservatism, especially in Archbishop William Laud’s 1637 version which had helped trigger civil war. Its re-introduction in 1662 occasioned the resignation of one-fifth of the clergy. This chapter challenges the characterization of the 1662 Prayer Book (in contrast with the AV) as solely divisive, however. It argues that universal acceptance of the book was impossible under the circumstances but that, by rejecting the most offensive Laudian innovations, Convocation successfully minimized the inevitable backlash and avoided any larger-scale secession or civil unrest.Less
This chapter examines the theme of disruption and continuity in English religious life at the Restoration with reference to the differing fortunes of those twin pillars of the Anglican establishment, the Authorized Version of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. The AV had commanded broad acceptance under the Commonwealth and its re-authorization in 1660 was unproblematic. The BCP, by contrast, had long been reviled by hotter Protestants for its conservatism, especially in Archbishop William Laud’s 1637 version which had helped trigger civil war. Its re-introduction in 1662 occasioned the resignation of one-fifth of the clergy. This chapter challenges the characterization of the 1662 Prayer Book (in contrast with the AV) as solely divisive, however. It argues that universal acceptance of the book was impossible under the circumstances but that, by rejecting the most offensive Laudian innovations, Convocation successfully minimized the inevitable backlash and avoided any larger-scale secession or civil unrest.
Kirstie Blair
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199644506
- eISBN:
- 9780191741593
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199644506.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century and Victorian Literature, Poetry
Following on from the previous chapter, Chapter 3 turns to the use of the liturgy within the Church. It considers the revival of interest in the forms of the Book of Common Prayer, again largely ...
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Following on from the previous chapter, Chapter 3 turns to the use of the liturgy within the Church. It considers the revival of interest in the forms of the Book of Common Prayer, again largely spearheaded by the Tractarians and the High Church, and notes the controversy over their use. Turning to poetry on the liturgy, the chapter then offers readings of poems by Wordsworth, Robert Montgomery, and others. The chapter also discusses the plainsong revival and some of its potential for fostering new poetic structures. The second part of the chapter takes a broad view of nostalgic representations of Anglican ritual, studying the impact of the discourse of nostalgia in the poets of ‘doubt’, and closing with a consideration of the poems of Thomas Hardy.Less
Following on from the previous chapter, Chapter 3 turns to the use of the liturgy within the Church. It considers the revival of interest in the forms of the Book of Common Prayer, again largely spearheaded by the Tractarians and the High Church, and notes the controversy over their use. Turning to poetry on the liturgy, the chapter then offers readings of poems by Wordsworth, Robert Montgomery, and others. The chapter also discusses the plainsong revival and some of its potential for fostering new poetic structures. The second part of the chapter takes a broad view of nostalgic representations of Anglican ritual, studying the impact of the discourse of nostalgia in the poets of ‘doubt’, and closing with a consideration of the poems of Thomas Hardy.
Norman Doe
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198267829
- eISBN:
- 9780191683381
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198267829.003.0009
- Subject:
- Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
This chapter examines the relation between public worship and liturgical law in churches of the Anglican Communion. It suggests that the adoption of the Book of Common Prayer 1662 resulted in a ...
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This chapter examines the relation between public worship and liturgical law in churches of the Anglican Communion. It suggests that the adoption of the Book of Common Prayer 1662 resulted in a consistency between churches and their laws on public worship and that the recommendations of the Lambeth Conference significantly influenced the actual laws in individual churches. The drafting and formulating of liturgical texts is the responsibility of the central church assemblies where the episcopate, clergy, and laity are all represented.Less
This chapter examines the relation between public worship and liturgical law in churches of the Anglican Communion. It suggests that the adoption of the Book of Common Prayer 1662 resulted in a consistency between churches and their laws on public worship and that the recommendations of the Lambeth Conference significantly influenced the actual laws in individual churches. The drafting and formulating of liturgical texts is the responsibility of the central church assemblies where the episcopate, clergy, and laity are all represented.
Feng GUO
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9789888208388
- eISBN:
- 9789888313259
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208388.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Feng Guo takes the discussion into the twentieth century and the mandate to produce a Chinese BCP for the use of the whole Church. In Chapter 5, he addresses the question of why a CHSKH Prayer Book ...
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Feng Guo takes the discussion into the twentieth century and the mandate to produce a Chinese BCP for the use of the whole Church. In Chapter 5, he addresses the question of why a CHSKH Prayer Book was never produced, and considers the legacy of the BCP liturgy in the Chinese Church today.Less
Feng Guo takes the discussion into the twentieth century and the mandate to produce a Chinese BCP for the use of the whole Church. In Chapter 5, he addresses the question of why a CHSKH Prayer Book was never produced, and considers the legacy of the BCP liturgy in the Chinese Church today.
Nigel Yates
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198269892
- eISBN:
- 9780191683848
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198269892.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
The report of the Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline provided something of a watershed in the history of Anglican ritualism. The commission's recommendations plunged the Church of England ...
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The report of the Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline provided something of a watershed in the history of Anglican ritualism. The commission's recommendations plunged the Church of England into twenty years of wrangling about revising the Book of Common Prayer, only to have its efforts unappreciated by substantial sections of that church and to suffer the ignominy of the revised prayer book being rejected, not once but twice, by Parliament. One thing that happened in the first decade of the twentieth century was a change in ecclesiastical terminology. Ritualists stopped being called ritualists and became known as Anglo–Catholics. A further change occurred in the second half of the century with the growth of charismatic Evangelicalism, which both permeated the dominant group of central churchmen and further isolated the Anglo–Catholics. Initially, most Anglo–Catholics were unable or unwilling to recognize that the acceptance of so much Tractarian thinking, and even moderate ceremonial, by those of central churchmanship, was making Anglo–Catholicism seem both less attractive and more irrelevant.Less
The report of the Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline provided something of a watershed in the history of Anglican ritualism. The commission's recommendations plunged the Church of England into twenty years of wrangling about revising the Book of Common Prayer, only to have its efforts unappreciated by substantial sections of that church and to suffer the ignominy of the revised prayer book being rejected, not once but twice, by Parliament. One thing that happened in the first decade of the twentieth century was a change in ecclesiastical terminology. Ritualists stopped being called ritualists and became known as Anglo–Catholics. A further change occurred in the second half of the century with the growth of charismatic Evangelicalism, which both permeated the dominant group of central churchmen and further isolated the Anglo–Catholics. Initially, most Anglo–Catholics were unable or unwilling to recognize that the acceptance of so much Tractarian thinking, and even moderate ceremonial, by those of central churchmanship, was making Anglo–Catholicism seem both less attractive and more irrelevant.
Chloë STARR
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9789888208388
- eISBN:
- 9789888313259
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208388.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
In Chapter 4, Chlöe Starr explores how the BCP helped to shape debates on theology, identity, and practice in the Church. Focusing on the landmark edition of the Chinese BCP by John Burdon and Samuel ...
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In Chapter 4, Chlöe Starr explores how the BCP helped to shape debates on theology, identity, and practice in the Church. Focusing on the landmark edition of the Chinese BCP by John Burdon and Samuel Schereschewsky, both of whom were later made bishops, her chapter places the discussion in the context of the reception of texts in the late nineteenth century.Less
In Chapter 4, Chlöe Starr explores how the BCP helped to shape debates on theology, identity, and practice in the Church. Focusing on the landmark edition of the Chinese BCP by John Burdon and Samuel Schereschewsky, both of whom were later made bishops, her chapter places the discussion in the context of the reception of texts in the late nineteenth century.
Patrick Collinson
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198222989
- eISBN:
- 9780191678554
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198222989.003.0028
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, History of Religion
The puritan participation in the sacraments and of what took place in the parish church on Sundays, that is, with the principal occasions on which the congregation met for the service of God and to ...
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The puritan participation in the sacraments and of what took place in the parish church on Sundays, that is, with the principal occasions on which the congregation met for the service of God and to hear his word expounded, one would say, the life of the puritan was in one sense a continuous act of worship, pursued under an unremitting and lively sense of God's providential purposes and constantly refreshed by religious activity, personal, domestic, and public. In it he was exercised in his closet family and public assembly. However, the question remains to what extent was there a uniformity of liturgical practice among the Elizabethan puritans, serving in itself to define the puritan church within the Church and how far was the spirit and form of that practice still governed by the Book of Common Prayer or determined by the Genevan Book of the forme of common prayers?Less
The puritan participation in the sacraments and of what took place in the parish church on Sundays, that is, with the principal occasions on which the congregation met for the service of God and to hear his word expounded, one would say, the life of the puritan was in one sense a continuous act of worship, pursued under an unremitting and lively sense of God's providential purposes and constantly refreshed by religious activity, personal, domestic, and public. In it he was exercised in his closet family and public assembly. However, the question remains to what extent was there a uniformity of liturgical practice among the Elizabethan puritans, serving in itself to define the puritan church within the Church and how far was the spirit and form of that practice still governed by the Book of Common Prayer or determined by the Genevan Book of the forme of common prayers?
Michael Davies
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- December 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199688531
- eISBN:
- 9780191767791
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199688531.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History, History of Christianity
This chapter addresses how ‘the silencing of God's dear Ministers’ in 1662 affected John Bunyan and the Independent congregation at Bedford. It examines the history of this congregation, from its ...
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This chapter addresses how ‘the silencing of God's dear Ministers’ in 1662 affected John Bunyan and the Independent congregation at Bedford. It examines the history of this congregation, from its establishment in the 1650s under Oliver Cromwell's regime, in order to reassess the impact of the ejections of 1660–2 upon the life of Bunyan's church and upon some of his later writings, including The Pilgrim's Progress. Focusing particularly on I Will Pray with the Spirit, this essay shows how the Act of Uniformity unsettled not just those ministers forced to leave their parishes on Black Bartholomew's Day but also Restoration nonconformists like Bunyan: typically considered ‘separatist’, and therefore as largely untouched by the events of 1662, and who would be left without a place in Edmund Calamy's famous account of the Great Ejection.Less
This chapter addresses how ‘the silencing of God's dear Ministers’ in 1662 affected John Bunyan and the Independent congregation at Bedford. It examines the history of this congregation, from its establishment in the 1650s under Oliver Cromwell's regime, in order to reassess the impact of the ejections of 1660–2 upon the life of Bunyan's church and upon some of his later writings, including The Pilgrim's Progress. Focusing particularly on I Will Pray with the Spirit, this essay shows how the Act of Uniformity unsettled not just those ministers forced to leave their parishes on Black Bartholomew's Day but also Restoration nonconformists like Bunyan: typically considered ‘separatist’, and therefore as largely untouched by the events of 1662, and who would be left without a place in Edmund Calamy's famous account of the Great Ejection.
David F. Holland
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199753611
- eISBN:
- 9780199895113
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199753611.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This chapter opens with a discussion of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer and explores the reasons why Puritans criticized the book as a violation of the closed canon. It considers the role of ...
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This chapter opens with a discussion of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer and explores the reasons why Puritans criticized the book as a violation of the closed canon. It considers the role of Puritan ministers as modern-day prophets, the etymology of canon and its philological solutions to the contradictions of Puritanism, the role of Puritan confessions in defining the canon, and the relationship between Puritans' providentialism and their views of the scriptural canon. It shows how important the closed canon was in shaping virtually every aspect of ministerial culture within New England Congregationalism.Less
This chapter opens with a discussion of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer and explores the reasons why Puritans criticized the book as a violation of the closed canon. It considers the role of Puritan ministers as modern-day prophets, the etymology of canon and its philological solutions to the contradictions of Puritanism, the role of Puritan confessions in defining the canon, and the relationship between Puritans' providentialism and their views of the scriptural canon. It shows how important the closed canon was in shaping virtually every aspect of ministerial culture within New England Congregationalism.
David Bagchi
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780719090783
- eISBN:
- 9781781708866
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719090783.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
A fundamental aim of English Protestantism was to make the Bible available to all. Yet the Bible is a potentially dangerous text, not least in its frank portrayal of unstable, confusing and even ...
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A fundamental aim of English Protestantism was to make the Bible available to all. Yet the Bible is a potentially dangerous text, not least in its frank portrayal of unstable, confusing and even frightening emotions, both human and divine. Taking three test cases (the function of emotion-words in the order for Morning Prayer, the defusing of anti-Jewish emotionality in the Good Friday liturgy, and the tempering of Eucharistic devotion in the order for Holy Communion), this chapter shows how the 1559 Book of Common Prayer and I and II Homilies served to mediate and moderate the emotional repertoire of the Bible. It argues that criticisms of the emotional restraint of the BCP by the likes of the Admonitioners in the sixteenth century and of John Milton in the seventeenth should be seen in this context. A comparison with recent research on the emotionality of the German Reformation helps to contextualise this attempt to create a Protestant ‘community of emotion’ on English soil.Less
A fundamental aim of English Protestantism was to make the Bible available to all. Yet the Bible is a potentially dangerous text, not least in its frank portrayal of unstable, confusing and even frightening emotions, both human and divine. Taking three test cases (the function of emotion-words in the order for Morning Prayer, the defusing of anti-Jewish emotionality in the Good Friday liturgy, and the tempering of Eucharistic devotion in the order for Holy Communion), this chapter shows how the 1559 Book of Common Prayer and I and II Homilies served to mediate and moderate the emotional repertoire of the Bible. It argues that criticisms of the emotional restraint of the BCP by the likes of the Admonitioners in the sixteenth century and of John Milton in the seventeenth should be seen in this context. A comparison with recent research on the emotionality of the German Reformation helps to contextualise this attempt to create a Protestant ‘community of emotion’ on English soil.
Alan Harding
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- April 2004
- ISBN:
- 9780198263692
- eISBN:
- 9780191601149
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198263694.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
The chapter shows how itinerant preaching served to extend and nurture the work of the Connexion, where the initiative came from in opening new areas of work, how itinerancy was organised (including ...
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The chapter shows how itinerant preaching served to extend and nurture the work of the Connexion, where the initiative came from in opening new areas of work, how itinerancy was organised (including Lady Huntingdon’s personal role in this), and the source of funds for building chapels and running the Connexion. All the main reformed denominations were represented within the Connexion’s congregations; socially they appear to have consisted principally of artisans and small tradesmen. Ministry was supplied by students of Lady Huntingdon’s college, by Anglican clergymen, and occasionally by other established preachers. Other aspects of the Connexion discussed in this chapter include: instances of violent opposition; growing pressure for ministers to settle with congregations; sources of authority within congregations; the development of religious societies within the Connexion; pressures for regular Communion services; the use of the Anglican Prayer Book; the development of the Connexion’s own hymn book; the religious instruction of children; and the number, size, and catchment areas of congregations.Less
The chapter shows how itinerant preaching served to extend and nurture the work of the Connexion, where the initiative came from in opening new areas of work, how itinerancy was organised (including Lady Huntingdon’s personal role in this), and the source of funds for building chapels and running the Connexion. All the main reformed denominations were represented within the Connexion’s congregations; socially they appear to have consisted principally of artisans and small tradesmen. Ministry was supplied by students of Lady Huntingdon’s college, by Anglican clergymen, and occasionally by other established preachers. Other aspects of the Connexion discussed in this chapter include: instances of violent opposition; growing pressure for ministers to settle with congregations; sources of authority within congregations; the development of religious societies within the Connexion; pressures for regular Communion services; the use of the Anglican Prayer Book; the development of the Connexion’s own hymn book; the religious instruction of children; and the number, size, and catchment areas of congregations.
Scott Mandelbrote
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199557318
- eISBN:
- 9780191772320
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557318.003.0017
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History, Economic History
The printing of the Bible and Book of Common Prayer was limited by royal privilege to three English publishers: the university presses of Oxford and Cambridge and the King's Printers in London. The ...
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The printing of the Bible and Book of Common Prayer was limited by royal privilege to three English publishers: the university presses of Oxford and Cambridge and the King's Printers in London. The chapter considers the transition of the 1670s, during which the Press ceased accepting a small fee from the King's Printers not to print Bibles and began to lease its privilege for substantially greater sums to designated independent printers. As the Bible Press grew and developed independently, it differed from the Learned Press in its financing, its work force, its distribution, and in the quantity and quality of its publications. The Bible Press did face difficulties in marketing its products, in maintaining textual standards and in facing criticism of the privileged monopoly of printing, but its annual output numbered in the tens of thousands and it provided an increasingly significant source of revenue for the University.Less
The printing of the Bible and Book of Common Prayer was limited by royal privilege to three English publishers: the university presses of Oxford and Cambridge and the King's Printers in London. The chapter considers the transition of the 1670s, during which the Press ceased accepting a small fee from the King's Printers not to print Bibles and began to lease its privilege for substantially greater sums to designated independent printers. As the Bible Press grew and developed independently, it differed from the Learned Press in its financing, its work force, its distribution, and in the quantity and quality of its publications. The Bible Press did face difficulties in marketing its products, in maintaining textual standards and in facing criticism of the privileged monopoly of printing, but its annual output numbered in the tens of thousands and it provided an increasingly significant source of revenue for the University.
PETER MARSHALL
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780198207733
- eISBN:
- 9780191716812
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207733.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter analyses the impact on the commemoration of the dead of the mid-Tudor decades, and the contrasting religious policies of Edward VI and Mary Tudor. It describes the 1547 dissolution of ...
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This chapter analyses the impact on the commemoration of the dead of the mid-Tudor decades, and the contrasting religious policies of Edward VI and Mary Tudor. It describes the 1547 dissolution of the chantries as well as the officially-inspired iconoclasm against tombs and monuments, and assesses popular responses to these developments. It investigates the ways in which the dead were commemorated in the 1549 and 1552 Books of Common Prayer. It then assesses the restoration of traditional doctrine and practice after the accession of Mary. While conceding that Marian theologians were cautious about purgatory, and that some significant shifts in attitudes had taken place at the popular level, the chapter employs testamentary and other sources to dispute that the issues were completely marginalised, or that notions of purgatory and intercessory prayer were a permanent casualty of reform by this stage.Less
This chapter analyses the impact on the commemoration of the dead of the mid-Tudor decades, and the contrasting religious policies of Edward VI and Mary Tudor. It describes the 1547 dissolution of the chantries as well as the officially-inspired iconoclasm against tombs and monuments, and assesses popular responses to these developments. It investigates the ways in which the dead were commemorated in the 1549 and 1552 Books of Common Prayer. It then assesses the restoration of traditional doctrine and practice after the accession of Mary. While conceding that Marian theologians were cautious about purgatory, and that some significant shifts in attitudes had taken place at the popular level, the chapter employs testamentary and other sources to dispute that the issues were completely marginalised, or that notions of purgatory and intercessory prayer were a permanent casualty of reform by this stage.
Isaac Stephens
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781784991432
- eISBN:
- 9781526115102
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781784991432.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History
This chapter addresses two central themes found throughout the monograph – Elizabeth Isham’s personal piety and confessional identity. At the foundation of her life was religion and it served as the ...
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This chapter addresses two central themes found throughout the monograph – Elizabeth Isham’s personal piety and confessional identity. At the foundation of her life was religion and it served as the key factor in her decision to write the autobiography. Elizabeth’s account allows us to open a window into both her internal and external religiosity finding that she held a strong penchant for the Book of Common Prayer while also engaging in an intense form of internal piety common among the godly, a combination of practices best described as ‘Prayer Book Puritanism’. A great deal of recent scholarship has sought to blur the confessional differences that existed in early modern England, with an underlying assumption that what best characterized the period was a broad Protestant culture, defined more by consensual coexistence and commonalities than religious conflict. On the surface, Elizabeth appears a perfect candidate to illustrate this, but to see her as such leads to a lack of appreciation for the uniqueness of her devotional practices. Instead, viewing her as an ‘exceptional norm’ pays more dividends showing how an individual could live her piety, full of contours and facets, in the ambiguous, diverse, and divisive context of early modern England’s religious environment.Less
This chapter addresses two central themes found throughout the monograph – Elizabeth Isham’s personal piety and confessional identity. At the foundation of her life was religion and it served as the key factor in her decision to write the autobiography. Elizabeth’s account allows us to open a window into both her internal and external religiosity finding that she held a strong penchant for the Book of Common Prayer while also engaging in an intense form of internal piety common among the godly, a combination of practices best described as ‘Prayer Book Puritanism’. A great deal of recent scholarship has sought to blur the confessional differences that existed in early modern England, with an underlying assumption that what best characterized the period was a broad Protestant culture, defined more by consensual coexistence and commonalities than religious conflict. On the surface, Elizabeth appears a perfect candidate to illustrate this, but to see her as such leads to a lack of appreciation for the uniqueness of her devotional practices. Instead, viewing her as an ‘exceptional norm’ pays more dividends showing how an individual could live her piety, full of contours and facets, in the ambiguous, diverse, and divisive context of early modern England’s religious environment.
Rowan Strong
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780199249220
- eISBN:
- 9780191600760
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199249229.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
The authenticity of an indigenous Scottish Episcopalianism is argued for in this chapter, using the debates around the Eucharistic liturgy known as the Scottish Communion Office. This liturgy ...
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The authenticity of an indigenous Scottish Episcopalianism is argued for in this chapter, using the debates around the Eucharistic liturgy known as the Scottish Communion Office. This liturgy developed in the eighteenth century as a genuine Scottish variant of the liturgy in the Book of Common Prayer. It was disliked by some clergy and laity, Scots and English, for its High Church theology and its distinctiveness from the Church of England. It was upheld by Scots, clergy and laity, who were steeped in the traditions of the nonjuring Episcopalianism of the eighteenth century. These fought a rearguard action against its abolition throughout the nineteenth century and can be identified as maintaining native Scottish religious traditions that were a departure from the Calvinism and Presbyterianism that all too often are what Scottish national identity is reduced to in its religious form.Less
The authenticity of an indigenous Scottish Episcopalianism is argued for in this chapter, using the debates around the Eucharistic liturgy known as the Scottish Communion Office. This liturgy developed in the eighteenth century as a genuine Scottish variant of the liturgy in the Book of Common Prayer. It was disliked by some clergy and laity, Scots and English, for its High Church theology and its distinctiveness from the Church of England. It was upheld by Scots, clergy and laity, who were steeped in the traditions of the nonjuring Episcopalianism of the eighteenth century. These fought a rearguard action against its abolition throughout the nineteenth century and can be identified as maintaining native Scottish religious traditions that were a departure from the Calvinism and Presbyterianism that all too often are what Scottish national identity is reduced to in its religious form.
Hannibal Hamlin
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199677610
- eISBN:
- 9780191757105
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199677610.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies, 17th-century and Restoration Literature
Chapter 1 describes the explosion of Bible translations following the Reformation, the specific English Bibles Shakespeare used, and the extent to which biblical language and ideas pervaded English ...
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Chapter 1 describes the explosion of Bible translations following the Reformation, the specific English Bibles Shakespeare used, and the extent to which biblical language and ideas pervaded English culture generally and theater specifically. Students of Elizabethan theater familiar with the anti-theatrical polemic from Puritan churchmen may fail to recognize the essential similarities between these two institutions, the two most popular rival providers of “entertainment” in sixteenth-century London. This chapter explores these similarities, addressing the experience of audiences at worship services and at plays. The experience, compulsory by law, of hearing the Bible read aloud in church (in set lectionary readings as well as in passages integrated into Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer), preconditioned people to recognize and interpret biblical allusions in Shakespeare's plays.Less
Chapter 1 describes the explosion of Bible translations following the Reformation, the specific English Bibles Shakespeare used, and the extent to which biblical language and ideas pervaded English culture generally and theater specifically. Students of Elizabethan theater familiar with the anti-theatrical polemic from Puritan churchmen may fail to recognize the essential similarities between these two institutions, the two most popular rival providers of “entertainment” in sixteenth-century London. This chapter explores these similarities, addressing the experience of audiences at worship services and at plays. The experience, compulsory by law, of hearing the Bible read aloud in church (in set lectionary readings as well as in passages integrated into Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer), preconditioned people to recognize and interpret biblical allusions in Shakespeare's plays.
A. J. Joyce
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199216161
- eISBN:
- 9780191739248
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216161.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
This chapter considers Hooker's thinking and mode of argumentation in relation to a specific subject, which itself encompasses not merely moral, but legal, theological, and liturgical considerations: ...
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This chapter considers Hooker's thinking and mode of argumentation in relation to a specific subject, which itself encompasses not merely moral, but legal, theological, and liturgical considerations: holy matrimony. Set against an account of the marriage practices and liturgies of the Reformation (and noting the ways in which the English Church departed from the practices of the Continental Reformation), a detailed analysis is given of the case that Hooker presents in his defence of the marriage rite of the Book of Common Prayer. The arguments that he presents reveal the extent to which he is ready to weave together a wide range of factors and considerations, ranging from scriptural warrant to pagan practice, with some surprising and, at times, potentially radical implications.Less
This chapter considers Hooker's thinking and mode of argumentation in relation to a specific subject, which itself encompasses not merely moral, but legal, theological, and liturgical considerations: holy matrimony. Set against an account of the marriage practices and liturgies of the Reformation (and noting the ways in which the English Church departed from the practices of the Continental Reformation), a detailed analysis is given of the case that Hooker presents in his defence of the marriage rite of the Book of Common Prayer. The arguments that he presents reveal the extent to which he is ready to weave together a wide range of factors and considerations, ranging from scriptural warrant to pagan practice, with some surprising and, at times, potentially radical implications.
Bryan D. Spinks
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- February 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780199639731
- eISBN:
- 9780191836695
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199639731.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History, History of Christianity
As drastic a break as the first Book of Common Prayer of 1549 may have seemed to those parishioners and clergy who were used to the Latin services, a much more drastic reform of Western Catholic ...
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As drastic a break as the first Book of Common Prayer of 1549 may have seemed to those parishioners and clergy who were used to the Latin services, a much more drastic reform of Western Catholic liturgical life had already taken place under Henry VIII, in the shape of the destruction of saints’ tombs and relics, and attempts to stop pilgrimages. The first Book of Common Prayer was short-lived, and was replaced by a more Protestant liturgical text and ceremonial in 1552. The text was altered slightly by Elizabeth, and again by James, but continued to underlie the Restoration revision of 1662.Less
As drastic a break as the first Book of Common Prayer of 1549 may have seemed to those parishioners and clergy who were used to the Latin services, a much more drastic reform of Western Catholic liturgical life had already taken place under Henry VIII, in the shape of the destruction of saints’ tombs and relics, and attempts to stop pilgrimages. The first Book of Common Prayer was short-lived, and was replaced by a more Protestant liturgical text and ceremonial in 1552. The text was altered slightly by Elizabeth, and again by James, but continued to underlie the Restoration revision of 1662.
Mark Hill QC
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- April 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198807568
- eISBN:
- 9780191845475
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198807568.003.0009
- Subject:
- Law, Legal Profession and Ethics
This section presents the canons of the Church of England. It begins with a background on the Church of England, focusing on the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, The Book of Common Prayer, and the ...
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This section presents the canons of the Church of England. It begins with a background on the Church of England, focusing on the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, The Book of Common Prayer, and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons, along with the doctrine and government of the Church, the royal supremacy, and schisms within the Church of Christ. The chapter proceeds by discussing the Church's divine service and administration of the sacraments; church ministers, their irdination, functions, and charge; the order of deaconesses; the lay officers of the Church; things appertaining to churches; the ecclesiastical courts; and the synods of the Church. Finally, it explains how any canon to the repealed enactment may be interpreted.Less
This section presents the canons of the Church of England. It begins with a background on the Church of England, focusing on the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, The Book of Common Prayer, and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons, along with the doctrine and government of the Church, the royal supremacy, and schisms within the Church of Christ. The chapter proceeds by discussing the Church's divine service and administration of the sacraments; church ministers, their irdination, functions, and charge; the order of deaconesses; the lay officers of the Church; things appertaining to churches; the ecclesiastical courts; and the synods of the Church. Finally, it explains how any canon to the repealed enactment may be interpreted.
David Cressy
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201687
- eISBN:
- 9780191674983
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201687.003.0016
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, Social History
This chapter examines the order for nuptial vows or the solemnization of matrimony in Elizabethan and early Stuart England. Most early modern weddings followed the set form of service laid out in the ...
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This chapter examines the order for nuptial vows or the solemnization of matrimony in Elizabethan and early Stuart England. Most early modern weddings followed the set form of service laid out in the Book of Common Prayer. During these periods, wedding customarily began at the church porch. This entry was followed the the priest's recitation of the banns, the ritual giving of the bride by her father or an adult male friend, and the exchange of ‘I do's’ and the wedding rings. The wedding ring was customarily placed on the fourth finger of the bride's left hand.Less
This chapter examines the order for nuptial vows or the solemnization of matrimony in Elizabethan and early Stuart England. Most early modern weddings followed the set form of service laid out in the Book of Common Prayer. During these periods, wedding customarily began at the church porch. This entry was followed the the priest's recitation of the banns, the ritual giving of the bride by her father or an adult male friend, and the exchange of ‘I do's’ and the wedding rings. The wedding ring was customarily placed on the fourth finger of the bride's left hand.
