The English Church on the Continent
The English Church on the Continent

Author: George Edward Biber

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-21

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781358143571

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The English Church on the Continent
The English Church on the Continent

Author: George Edward Biber

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781230003788

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ...Sunday and Christmas. Church Accommodation.--350; six benches in the gallery free. Rent of sittings--for residents: a single sitting, 6 francs; two sittings, 10 francs; three, 12J francs; four, 14J francs; five, 16 francs; and a whole bench, 17 francs per quarter, paid in advance;--for strangers, 10 francs the sitting, for the season. For information apply to the Minister; or to W. Wells, Esq., the Treasurer; or at Mons. Diere's Library. Resident English Population.--About 400, chiefly gentry; about 100 visitors between June and September. Average congregation, 300; average number of communicants, 80. The chapel has been appropriated exclusively to the English Church service ever since the year 1824, when the first English congregation was formed at St. Servan; it is private property, and occupied under a lease from the proprietor to the Minister and two trustees, from term to term, with a perpetual right of renewal. Marriages are solemnized, both at the chapel and in private houses, after previous civil marriage before the Maire of the town. Interments take place in a portion of the Roman Catholic cemetery, which has been appropriated to the English; the service being partly read in the chapel, according to the rubric. The sacrament of Baptism is administered in the public congregation, the chapel being provided with a proper font. The ordinance of Confirmation has been administered once, by the Right. Rev. Bishop Luscombe, who is expected to confirm again this year, the number of candidates being about 80. A register is kept of baptisms, marriages, and burials. The Church is supported entirely by the rental of the sittings. The appointment, which is permanent, rests with the congregation. There are no settled English poor; but...

Making Italy Anglican
Making Italy Anglican

Author: Stefano Villani

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0197587739

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"The first Italian translation of the Book of Common Prayer was made in 1608 by William Bedell (the chaplain to James I's ambassador in Venice) with the help of Fulgenzio Micanzio and Paolo Sarpi. This translation was part of an English propaganda plan to instigate a schism in the Church of Venice, at a time of conflict between the court of Rome and the Venetian Republic. This chapter reconstructs the relationships between Sarpi and Micanzio and the English embassy in Venice. As far as we know, Bedell's translation remained a manuscript with no known copies extant"--