Davies E T Ebenezer Thomas Edited By (1 results)
Published by London: 1962., SPCK,, 1962
- Softcover
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Contact seller4-star sellerSoftcover. 111 p.; 18 cm. Contents -- Foreword -- The pre-Norman diocese of Llandaff, R. W. D. (Roy William Dearnley) Fenn -- The medieval diocese of Llandaff, William Greenway -- The age of the reformation, Derrick G. Childs -- From the restoration to disestablishment, E. T. Davies -- Disestablishment and after, J. G. (John Gwy…nno) James -- Index. -- `The thre main characteristics of the Celtic Church in Wales were its Liturgy, its method of calculating the date of Easter, and its tonsure. The Liturgy of the Welsh Church had come from Asia Minor by way of Milan, and its main distinction was that Baptism and Confirmation were both administered in infancy by the priest. The Chrism in Confirmation was not restricted to the episcopate, though the priest would use oil which had been consecrated by a bishop which is, orf course, still the custom of the Greek Orthodox Church to-day. Its method of calculating Easter had been settled by the Council of Arles in 314, but when this system was modified on the Continent the Celtic Church was not informed of the change, with the consequent result that Good Friday and Easter were frequently observed on different dates from the rest of the Church. The Celtic tonsure was probably native in origin: it was neither Greek nor Roman, and the Welsh monks shaved neither the whole head nor the crown of the head, but instead they removed a semicircle of hair from the front. Wales being a tribal country had a tribal Church, at least in its organization. It knew nothing of parishes or dioceses in the modern sense. Each kingdom was divided into cantrefs.' (p. 20) Good, sewn, in lt. edgeworn orig. green wrapper.