13 Oct 1163.
King Edward "the Confessor" (reigned 1041-1066). Transference of the earthly remains (what medievalists dubbed "relics" for varied corrupt ends, e.g. worship, indulgence traffickry, time off for purgatory, pilgrimages, etc.) from his original burial site in his own Westminster Abbey, to a grander and upgraded site within the Abbey. Conducted under the auspices of Mr. (Abp.) Becket on Oct. 13, 1163.
King Edward "the Confessor" (reigned 1041-1066). Transference of the earthly remains (what medievalists dubbed "relics" for varied corrupt ends, e.g. worship, indulgence traffickry, time off for purgatory, pilgrimages, etc.) from his original burial site in his own Westminster Abbey, to a grander and upgraded site within the Abbey. Conducted under the auspices of Mr. (Abp.) Becket on Oct. 13, 1163.
St. Paul’s Saxon Cathedral was the largest Cathedral (length not given in Mr. Johnson's British Cathedrals) until Edward the Confessor (1003-1066) built his new abbey, Westminster Abbey. Edward is considered the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. Edward had “cultural ties with Continent Normandy” and this was the “beginning of great religious and artistic revolution.” The building of Westminster Abbey was a “distinctive break with the Saxon past” (13).
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| Bayeau Tapesty |
The Bayeau Tapestry shows the body of Edward the Confessor being borne into his newly built Abbey at Westminster in January 1066.
As an aside.
We're all for commemorating decent and honorable servants to the LORD, including the prudent use of the lectionary and calendar, but we do not sanction the corruptions associated with Romanist puerilities. Nor are we Puritans or Presbyterians with their puerile dismissal of "days of remembrance" and the lectionary; we could say more. As Christians awaiting the resurrection, we respect the remains, cemeteries, etc. We mow the lawns of cemeteries, we respect the memorials, and we visit the graves of our departed relatives. But, we surely don't invoke departed saints or exalt them to a status of semi-deities. The damned non-gospel of Tetzel, with the Pope's sanction, associated with purgatory, inadequacies of Christ, invoking departed saints and more...was that...a damned and damnable gospel...Anti-Christ in spirit and doctrine. We repudiate Anti-Christ.
Also, of note, in another aside, North Carolina has statutory laws about cemetery conservation and protection. Desecrecation is verboten. We had a local case here recently in the Camp Lejeune area. A chap felt he could park his truck and Rec vehicle on cemetery grounds. The chap had a home adjacent to a cemetery with no fence. Ergo, the old boy parked his truck and a Rec Vehicle on a part of the cemetery. The particular family, still in the local area, was un-amused. It went to court and the offender was appropriately sanctioned.
We're all for commemorating decent and honorable servants to the LORD, including the prudent use of the lectionary and calendar, but we do not sanction the corruptions associated with Romanist puerilities. Nor are we Puritans or Presbyterians with their puerile dismissal of "days of remembrance" and the lectionary; we could say more. As Christians awaiting the resurrection, we respect the remains, cemeteries, etc. We mow the lawns of cemeteries, we respect the memorials, and we visit the graves of our departed relatives. But, we surely don't invoke departed saints or exalt them to a status of semi-deities. The damned non-gospel of Tetzel, with the Pope's sanction, associated with purgatory, inadequacies of Christ, invoking departed saints and more...was that...a damned and damnable gospel...Anti-Christ in spirit and doctrine. We repudiate Anti-Christ.
Also, of note, in another aside, North Carolina has statutory laws about cemetery conservation and protection. Desecrecation is verboten. We had a local case here recently in the Camp Lejeune area. A chap felt he could park his truck and Rec vehicle on cemetery grounds. The chap had a home adjacent to a cemetery with no fence. Ergo, the old boy parked his truck and a Rec Vehicle on a part of the cemetery. The particular family, still in the local area, was un-amused. It went to court and the offender was appropriately sanctioned.
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