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ceremonial Christianity a. the prescribed order of rites and ceremonies b. a book containing this How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Such labels, then, are less precise confessional categories than ideological tendencies, so that while there certainly were divines wh ose theological itineraries suggest a stable middle road embracing both Puritan and ceremonialist inclinations, such "Anglo-Catholics" or Puritan moderates or Calvinist conformists were not immune to the controversies that occupied their more openly polemical contemporaries. [39] In proper ceremonialist fashion the tiny fairy priest "lowly to the Altar bows" (93, 136), the altar being separated from the congregation by "neat Railes" (92, 91) and covered with a "Dam-asked" cloth (91, 63), while the fairies' vestments -- "curious Copes and Surplices / Of cleanest Cobweb" (92, 98-99) -- further indicate their allegiance to ceremonialism. Their sermons and related writings reveal how some bridled at the prospect of union through Scotticization and increased tolerance of English nonconformity, promoting instead a rival union inspired by uniformity along English and more ceremonialist lines. |
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