[Magdalen] End of an Era.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/3/2015 9:50:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
michaudme at gmail.com writes:

This  librarian votes Read.>>>>
 
Well, Anglicans have been labeled, "The People of the Book",
though in this case this does not mean the Bible, but rather the
Prayer Book.
 
++Cranmer's prose is regarded by the experts to be the second
most influential force on the English language, only exceeded 
by the King James.
 
It is, therefore, too bad that few in TEC get familiar with those 
memorable cadences.  
 
On the subject of archaic English, I was always amused that the
Tridentines would read the scripture lessons for the day (after  having
chanted them in Latin) in Elizabethan English.  They couldn't  quite
bring themselves to use contemporary English.  There was a  feeling
among them that up-to-date English "cheapens" the scripture.
 
 
David Strang.