1662. August 24. -The revised Book of Common Prayer came into legal
November 11.-Was adopted by the Irish Convocation.
1663. January 5.—The Sealed Books: standard copies of the Prayer Book, corrected in MS., and certified under the Great Seal.
1666. June 18.-The Irish Act of Uniformity.
1669. Ineffectual proposals for toleration and comprehension of Noncon formists.
1685. February 6.—Accession of JAMES IĮ.
October 22.-Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV.
1688. December 11.-Abdication of JAMES II.
1689. February 13.-WILLIAM and MARY, King and Queen. Commission to revise the Prayer Book.
The Presbyterian Church in Scotland established by Law. 1691. The Nonjurors.
1752. Revised Calendar, authorized by Stat. 24 GEO. II. c. 23. September 14 immediately followed September 2.
1772. Petition to Parliament to abolish subscription to the XXXIX.
1776. The United States of America declared independent.
1785. Dr. Seabury consecrated by five Scotch Bishops for the American Episcopal Church.
1785-1789. Revision of the Prayer Book by the American Church. 1859. January 17.-Royal Warrant to discontinue the use of the Forms of Prayer for Nov. 5, Jan. 30, and May 29.
1863. The English Prayer Book adopted by the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
1867. Royal Commission on Ritual.
1870. Revised Lectionary.
ABLUTIO, the first and second rinsing of the Chalice, 334, 335. Absolution, or Remission of sins,
the Medieval Form, 194;
in the Daily Prayer, 208, 210; in the Communion Office, 354; in the Order for the Visitation
of the Sick (the declarative form), 156, 417, 418; pronounced only by a Priest,
Acolyte, 440, n. Actio, the Canon of the Mass: infra Actionem and infra Canonem sig- nify the same thing, 328, n. Actio nuptialis, the Mass with its propria in the Marriage Service. Ad te levavi, the first Sunday in Ad- vent, so called from the Officium. Adults, Office of Baptism of (1661), 139, 394. Advent, commencement
ecclesiastical year, 270; Collects for, 271; Sunday next before, 299, n. Advertisements (1564), 201. Affinity, relationship by marriage. Agape (ayarn), a meal taken in
common by the early Christians, in token of brotherly love, 306, n. Agenda, any public office;
agenda Missarum, the Mass; agenda matutina, vespertina, the morning and evening Offices;
agenda mortuorum, the Service for the Dead, or at the Burial.
Agnatio, relationship by con- sanguinity, kindred."
Air (ἀήρ οι νεφέλη), a covering placed over the Paten and Cup, until the commencement of the Anaphora, in the Greek Liturgy, 308. Albe, 200, n.
Albis, Dominica in, 287. ALES or ALANE (Alexander), his Latin Version of the Order of Communion' (1548), 67; and of the Prayer Book (1549), 68. All Hallow Even, the Vigil of All Saints.
All Saints, the festival of, 304. All Souls' Day (Nov. 2), 304, n. Alms, 350.
Almucium, Aumuce, Amess, a Cape lined with fur worn shoulders by Canons. Altars, removal of, 32;
Elizabeth's Injunctions about, 61.
Alterations in the Prayer Book (1552), 27;
the Scottish Book (1637), 94; proposed (1641), 99; (1661), 137;
attempted (1689), 146. proposed (1879), 458.
Ambo (ἄμβων, ὃ βῆμα τῶν ἀνα- γνωστῶν ἐστιν, Nicephorus), so called from ἀναβαίνειν, quia gradibus ambitur,' Durandus; a pulpit for reading the Lections, and sometimes the Epistle and Gospel. Amen, 211.
American Prayer Book, 162. Amictus, Amice, a piece of em- broidered linen worn round the neck and fastened at the breast.
Ampulla, the vessel in which the wine, or the water, to be used in the Eucharist, was brought to the Altar; also the vessel for Oil for Catechumens, and for the Sick. Anagnostes, ἀναγνωστής Lector, Reader, one of the minor Orders, 440, n.
Anaphora, the Canon of a Greek Liturgy, 306, n; 308. ANDREW (St.), 301.
Angelic Hymn, Gloria in excelsis, 323, 361.
Angelus, the Ave Maria with a Versicle and Respond, said three times a day (6 A.M., noon, and 6 P.M.), at the ringing of the Angelus or Ave bell. Anglo-Saxon version of the Apo- stles' Creed, 233. Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 302.
Anointing the Sick, form of (1549), 419, n.
Anthems, used in processions, or litanies, 251.
Antidoron, bread blessed, and given ἀντὶ τῶν ἁγίων δώρων to the people who have been present and have not communicated, 319.
Antiphon, a verse, usually of a
Psalm, or other Scripture, sung before and after the Canticles and Psalms of the Daily Offices, point- ing to the special commemoration of the day or season, 183. Antiphone majores de O, the Anti- phons sung to Magnificat, on each day one, from Dec. 16 to Christmas Eve: O Sapientia, O Adonai, O Radix Jesse, O Clavis David, O Thoma Didyme, Oriens, O Rex gentium, Emmanuel, O Virgo virginum. Antiphonarium, 9, 10. Apocrypha, the, 219, 457. Apostles' Creed, 233;
repeated inaudibly in the Ser- vice of the Hours, 231; see Creed. Apostolic Canons, part of the Canon Law, giving a view of Christian manners and usages in the second and third centuries; 50 canons
are received by the Latin Church; 85 are acknowledged by the Greek Church: Shipley's Glossary. Apostolical, or Irvingite Prayer Book, 166.
Apostolicus, the title of a bishop: but as the title Pope (papa), which was common to all bishops, was afterwards limited to the Bishop of Rome (soli summo pontifici), so the title Apostolicus was assigned to the Pope: at the Council of Rheims (1049)—' de- claratum est, quod solus Romanæ Sedis pontifex vniversalis ecclesia Primas esset, et Apostolicus,' 255. Apostolus, the Book of the Epistles,
Archbishop, a title first occurring in the time of Athanasius. Archdeacon, named by Jerome, as
the elected chief of the Deacons. Arch presbyter, in earlier times an
officer corresponding to the Dean of a Cathedral: later probably to a Rural Dean.
Ascension, the festival of the, 291. Ash-Wednesday, caput jejunii, 280; the Commination, special Ser- vice on, 436;
the blessing of ashes on, 437. Aspiciens a longe, the first Sunday in Advent, so called from the first Respond, 184.
Assembly of Divines, or West- minster Assembly, 101.
Assembly's Larger and Shorter Catechism: see Catechism. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 302, n.
Asterisk, used in the Greek Church, 309, n.
Athanasian Creed, 235 ;
sung at Prime, 231;
proposal to explain the damning clauses (1689), 147 ;
proposal renewed (1879), 459. Audientes, Catechumens, being pre- pared for Baptism: Penitents of the second class, who were dis- missed before the commencement of the Liturgy.
Augsburg Confession: The articles of the Marburg Conference (Oet. I, 1529), revised at Schwabach
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