Reformed Churchmen

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

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Evensong in Advent 2010: Magnificat in C - Stanford

Throughout the year, every day, 24/7, all seasons, the "Magnificat" or Luke 1.46ff, is said or sung. It is Mary's exclamatory praises following the Annunciatory certainties made to her re: our Sovereign Redeemer, Final Prophet, High Priest, Savior and Lord. This has been burned into our minds by catechetical use through the days, months and years. This is Stanford's rendition in C-major. While many may not know this rendition, for many of us it is familiar. For those "saying" the Magnificat, rather than singing it, the Bible words are well known. Who says we are not Evangelical with words like these? Or, that we are not Catholic (= not Roman) when this has been said through centuries?

Enjoy Stanford, routinely sung in my home parish, Mariners Anglican, Detroit (1842-present).

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