The wedding of Prince William, heir to the UK throne, took place today at Westminster Abbey, a Royal Peculiar Gothic church falling under the direction of the monarchy rather than a bishop of the Church of England. An abbey has been on the site since the seventh century, it is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry and just last [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Church of England’
Westminster Abbey
Posted in Architecture, Current events, History, Tradition, tagged Church of England, Royal Wedding, Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Anglicanorum Coetibus
Posted in Beliefs, Current events, Religion, tagged Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus, Church of England on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anglicanorum Coetibus is Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Constitution to allow a special section of the Roman Catholic Church to admit a small number of Anglicans who do not wish to follow current Anglican Church trends, most notably in not wishing to ordain women as bishops. It is likely to cover up to 1500 Church of England clergy who [...]
1552 Book of Common Prayer
Posted in Beliefs, History, Liturgy, Prayer & meditation, tagged Book of Common Prayer, Church of England, Edward VI, Henry VIII on May 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 1534 The Act of Supremacy made King Henry VIII the Head of The Church of England, but until 1549 when Edward VI introduced the reformed prayer book of Thomas Cranmer, church services still followed the old Catholic liturgical format. In 1552 the Book of Common Prayer was again reworked to formalise this new Protestant religion: traditional [...]
