[Magdalen] Psalm - Whither Goeth Thou?

Cantor03 at aol.com Cantor03 at aol.com
Fri Mar 13 17:28:32 UTC 2015



In a message dated 3/13/2015 1:13:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
michaudme at gmail.com writes:

Am I  remembering correctly that the Office was sorta lifted from
monastic  practice and handed to the people, and that that was one
of the triumphs of  the BCP ???>>>
 
Yes, indeed.
 
++Canterbury Thomas Cranmer condensed the several monastic
Offices into just the two in English.
 
The Cranmerian BCP and its successors is always listed as the second
most influential book on the English language.  The first, of course,  is
the King James Bible.
 
 
 
David Strang.




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