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

Monday, February 27, 2012

1662 Prayer Book Contest to Take Place

Prayer book contest to take place
Young people will recite their favourite passage from a prayer book as part of a speaking competition in London.

The Cranmer Awards is seen as a way to introduce younger generations to Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer, the Anglican church's founding liturgy. The awards are in their 23rd year.

Young people aged between 11 and 18 who have won regional heats in Church of England dioceses and at various literary and public speaking awards, will take part in the final on March 1, at Sutton's Hospital Chapel, The Charterhouse, London.

The entrants receive marks for clarity and projection; pace, use of pause and emphasis; fluency and rhythm; natural, intelligent communication of meaning; and secure, accurate memorisation and timing.


This year's competition coincides with the the Prayer Book Society's celebration of the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Prayer Book.

For more, see:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hesYhowDWmgraWVZm-qzCAs_0oBg?docId=A112203511330333870A00

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