 | John Henry Newman - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...Elizabeth concerning the Clergy and laity, published in the first year of her reign, «herein she directs "'That the holy table in every church be decently made, and set in the place where the altar stood." In these same injunctions, however, with her usual good sense, Queen Elizabeth observes, "that in the... | |
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...the church. Elizabeth's injunction on this point is typical of her skill in compromise: it insists that the holy table in every church be decently made, and set in the place where the altar stood. . .saving when the communion of the Sacrament is to be distributed; at which time the same should be... | |
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... 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, as whereby the minister may be more conveniently heard of the communicants... 
