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

Friday, February 17, 2012

Brief Roundup: Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II Reflects on her life, rare footage 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh1-9ww_HmM

PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN. Part 1 of 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEtW7l1A_wE&feature=related

H.M Queen Elizabeth opens her Parliament, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPPWzT9tdbs&feature=related

British State Opening of Parliament 1958
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drWIHqnFG3I&feature=related

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGLN1kREJ2Q&feature=related

Queen Elizabeth II: The Coronation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMLHRHSvVZs&feature=related

HM Queen Elizabeth II - Rare Photos (Vol 1) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xixgwk3bDNg&feature=related 

HM Queen Elizabeth II - Rare Photos (Vol 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv46ZAldwVY&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (1/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeMY_f50RT4&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (2/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xv_7Pj0nKQ

The Royal House of Windsor (3/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bXATIHZmow&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (4/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-dtX6uu8Q&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (5/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRNJFSPRSik&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (6/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jb7OCmO2NQ&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (7/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVmyZHAhGzI&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (8/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV2vv24jiLs&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (9/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs8x2Xu_uJE

The Royal House of Windsor (10/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaHeIWVq3Nk

Party At The Palace - The Queen's Golden Jubilee 2002 
In an obtreperous piece of vulgar and rash populism, the "Party at the Palace" was a "pop concert" held in London in 2002. The event--allegedly--was in commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II held over the Golden Jubilee Weekend 1 -4 June 2002.  However, it sounded like a "celebration of the cult of narcissism." The concert was held at Buckingham Palace Garden on 3 June 2002.  The event was touted as the greatest concert in Britain since Live Aid or possibly ever. 12,000 people attended. An estimated 1 million "shuck and jive" people watched outside the Palace in The Mall and around the Queen Victoria Memorial.  Reportedly, 200 million watched on television to the "mind numblingly stupid and enthusiast lyrics." The concert included hit (= "loud crashing bomb") songs from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.  The BBC Music Live Festival also occurred on the day. It would have been better dubbed the "Dead Festival." At 1 o'clock towns across the United Kingdom had bands play "All You Need Is Love" before church bells were rung around the country.  This was more like an "American Freak Show."  England, especially the clerics, get some discipline and return to the 1662 BCP.  Start thinking.  "It is appointed once from a man to die and then the judgment."  The Great Litany of the 1662 BCP would be appropriate as one listens to this bizarre show. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdyIE5_u5-k&feature=related

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