Collectanea ...: A Collection of Documents from Various Sources, Volume 43

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Page 180 - ... saving when the communion of the sacrament is to be distributed, at which time the same shall be so placed in good sort within the chancel, as whereby the minister may be more conveniently heard of the communicants, in his prayer and ministration, and the communicants also, more conveniently and in more number communicate with the said minister, and after the communion done, from time to time the same Holy Table to be placed where it stood before.
Page 19 - Parson, Vicar or Minister, to be of honest conversation, and sufficient for his reading, writing, and also for his competent skill in singing (if it may be...
Page 180 - ... saving for an uniformity, there seemeth no matter of great moment, so that the sacrament be duly and reverently ministered; yet for observation of one uniformity through the whole realm, and for the better imitation of the law in that behalf, it is ordered...
Page 179 - February 24, 1564, which acquaints her majesty, that " some perform divine service and prayers in the chancel, others in the body of the church ; some in a seat made in the church...
Page 194 - ... and so stand, saving when the said holy Communion is to be administered : at which time the same shall be placed in so good sort within the Church or Chancel, as thereby the Minister may be more conveniently heard of the Communicants in his Prayer and Ministration, and the Communicants also more conveniently, and in more number, may communicate with the said Minister...
Page 180 - And that the holy table in every church be decently made, and set in the place, where the altar stood, and there commonly covered, as thereto belongeth, and as shall be appointed by the visitors, and so to stand, saving when the communion of the sacrament is to be distributed ; at which time the same shall be so placed in good sort within the chancel...
Page 181 - The same practice middle of the chancel to the upper end, and there placed altarwise, in such manner as it standeth in the said cathedral, and mother church, as also in all other cathedrals and in his majesty's own chapel, and as is consonant to the practice of approved antiquity ; which removing and $ placing of it in that sort was done by order of the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, who are ordinaries thereof, as was avowed before his majesty by Dr.
Page 179 - Whereas her majesty understandeth, that in many and sundry parts of the realm the altars of the churches be removed, and tables placed for the administration of the holy sacrament, according to the form of the law therefore provided ; and in some other places, the altars be not yet removed, upon opinion conceived of some other order therein to be taken by her majesty's visitors...
Page 179 - The table standeth in the body of the church in some places ; in others it standeth in the chancel. In some places the table standeth altarwise, distant from the wall (a) yard ; in some others in the middle of the chancel, north, and south. In some places the table is joined ; in others it standeth upon tressels. In some the table hath a carpet ; in others it hath none.
Page 181 - Council, the question and difference which grew about the removing of the communion table in St. Gregory's church, near the cathedral church of St. Paul, from the middle of the chancel to the upper end, and there placed altar-wise, in such manner as it standeth in the said cathedral and mother church (as also in all other cathedrals and in His Majesty's own chapel), and as...

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