Reformed Churchmen: Cranmer: Why does the Queen no longer call the nation to prayer?

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We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Cranmer: Why does the Queen no longer call the nation to prayer?

At the Cranmer-blog, we are told that the Parliament opens each day with a prayer in the name of the Triune God. The author asks why not a Day calling for national repentance, humiliation, fasting and prayer for national sins and an appeal to His Majesty, our one and only Advocate.

The United States has a Chaplain for the Senate and House of Representatives. It is my understanding that they do not invoke the Triune God.

Perhaps it is time to visit my Congressman, whom I know from earlier engagements. He is a Christian. I also know the Chaplain for the U.S. Senate, Rear Admiral Barry Black, USN (ret.). Barry will never pray "in the name of Jesus." His theology is politically rather than biblically shaped.

Posted as food for future thoughts.