tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294180508947136086.post3767149904062313121..comments2024-03-12T00:12:01.203-04:00Comments on The Old High Churchman: The Prayer Book Calendar+ Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15593635840263637835noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294180508947136086.post-79756566603201674972010-03-25T09:23:29.805-04:002010-03-25T09:23:29.805-04:00A look in the 1928 tables shows that in fact this ...A look in the 1928 tables shows that in fact this preemption question came up in 1913.C. Wingatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13335513246185768918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294180508947136086.post-52865047469069930852010-03-24T15:22:48.124-04:002010-03-24T15:22:48.124-04:00The big glitch in 1979, however, is the eliminatio...The big glitch in 1979, however, is the elimination of the 'gismas and in fact the whole category of "greater Sundays"; we now have<br /><br />principal feasts<br />three major feast of Our Lord (Holy Name, Presentation, and Transfiguration)<br />Sundays<br />other feast of our Lord<br /><br />...and then so forth as in older calendars. There is some possibility that it cannot in fact happen due to calendar resonances, but in the 1979 the Presentation preempts any ordinary Sunday, so that if it falls on Last Epiphany the latter is not observed.C. Wingatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13335513246185768918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294180508947136086.post-10334913624919142092010-03-20T12:25:11.301-04:002010-03-20T12:25:11.301-04:00Well, I guess that's another change between th...Well, I guess that's another change between the '79 and the '28--I'd forgotten that Easter Sundays weren't privileged in the older book. Following the new rules Easter 3 and St Mark are reversed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294180508947136086.post-66023259577338794092010-03-20T00:22:08.264-04:002010-03-20T00:22:08.264-04:00All in good time, Canon Tallis. I will get to the...All in good time, Canon Tallis. I will get to the characteristics of the various classifications of feasts when I get to discussing the Lectionary.+ Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593635840263637835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294180508947136086.post-52555269914108216602010-03-19T23:56:17.483-04:002010-03-19T23:56:17.483-04:00You forgot that the feast of the Annuciation has b...You forgot that the feast of the Annuciation has both first and second evensongs. Minor, I know, but probably known and understood by anyone who has taken the time to actually read and work out the stuff in the beginning of the prayer book, but mud to those who have never taken the time or understood that they needed to do so.Canon Tallishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182884929479435751noreply@blogger.com