Re: OT: Is this a well-known or little-known CofE fact?
- From: Steve Ketcham <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:35:38 -0400
In article <1182875677.196852.35830@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
contrex <mike.j.harvey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 26 Jun, 15:25, HVS <use...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
FWIW, I notice that he's listed for 30 January in the Calendar of
feast days in my Anglican Church of Canada prayerbrook from the
early 1960s.
"Charles undoubtedly died because he would not abandon the Church, and
this was formally recognised at the Restoration. On 25th January 1661
it was ordered that 30th January should be kept as a public fast, and
a form of prayer was drawn up by Bishop Duppa. This contained a prayer
that by 'a careful, studious imitation of this Thy blessed saint and
martyr, and all other Thy saints and martyrs that have gone before us,
we may be made worthy to receive benefit by their prayers, which they,
in communion with the Church Catholic, offer up unto Thee for that
part of it here militant.'
The form of prayer, after revision, was issued by the authority of
both Convocations, annexed by the authority of the Crown to the Prayer
Book, and sanctioned by Parliament in 12 Car. II. c. 14. Royal
proclamation at the beginning of each reign ordered its use, but in
1859 it was withdrawn from the Prayer Book by Royal Warrant. In the
Calendar 'King Charles, Martyr' was inserted on 30th January, and no
action has ever been taken by Crown, Convocation, or Parliament to
remove the words, though the printers have omitted them."
Charles I
By W. H. Hutton
From S.L. Ollard and Gordon Crosse, eds. A Dictionary of EnglishChurch History
London: Mowbray and Co., Ltd, 1912, pages 105-107.
This corresponds to what I remember: Anglicans (US Episcopalians) don't
"canonize" anybody, they add them to the calendar.
The last General Convention of the US Church, for example, "Entered
Florence Li Tim-Oi, Janani Luwum, Philander Chase, William Temple and
Clive Staples Lewis in the Calendar of the Church Year (BCP, p. 15-30)
and in future revisions of "Lesser Feasts and Fasts" (A059)."
(If you're really pointy-headed, you can see the full list of everything
they did at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/75383_76451_ENG_HTM.htm )
Steve
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