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[Simon Kershaw]

Oh, yes, indeed. The Coronation Service is and always has been set in the context of the Eucharist. Only the Coronation of James II and his queen, Mary of Modena, did without a celebration of Holy Communion -- as a Roman Catholic he refused to accept the sacrament from the Protestant Church. Otherwise, every Coronation, at least from that of Edgar in 973 at which St Dunstan officiated, has taken place within the Eucharist. Since James II, monarchs have been required to be in full communion with the English Church, and to receive communion at their Coronation.

Since the Coronation of James I in 1603, the Coronation has been in English and the Eucharist has been according to the Book of Common Prayer.

simon

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Simon Kershaw
simon at kershaw.org.uk
Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire
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On 17 Mar 2017, at 18:12, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>>>> Doesn't the coronation itself have association with the
> Eucharist?  I recall something written about the coronation
> of the English monarch being a special liturgy in the midst
> of a Mass.  Or, if you wish, a special liturgy (the coronation)
> with an added Mass.<<<
> 
> ERII's own coronation involved Holy Communion.