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Rev. Canon Henry Twells (1823–1900) was an Anglican clergyman, hymn writer and poet. His best known hymn was "At Even, Ere the Sun Was Set", which was put to music by George Joseph, whose tune Angelus was first printed in 1657. [1] He also wrote the well-known poem, "Time's Paces" that depicts the apparent speeding up of time as we become ...
The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records (ASPR) is a six-volume edition intended at the time of its publication to encompass all known Old English poetry.Despite many subsequent editions of individual poems or collections, it has remained the standard reference work for scholarship in this field.
Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, in one of the houses within the precinct of or close to a cathedral or other major church and conducting his life according to the customary discipline or rules of the church. This way of life grew common (and is first documented) in the 8th century AD.
Scott attended Montreal High School before studying theology at Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec, receiving a B.A. in 1881, and an M.A. in 1884.Scott wanted to become an Anglican priest but he was public in his admiration of the Anglo-Catholic views of theologian and Anglican-turned-Catholic Cardinal John Henry Newman, [3] who believed the Church of England needed to break away from ...
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Richard Thomas Church CBE (26 March 1893 – 4 March 1972) was an English writer, poet and critic; he also wrote novels and verse plays, and three volumes of autobiography. Early life [ edit ]
A pew edition of the Anglican Missal sitting on a desk in the vestry of an Anglican church.. The Anglican Missal is a liturgical book used liturgically by some Anglo-Catholics and other High Church Anglicans as an alternative or supplement to editions of the Book of Common Prayer.
A canon (Greek: κανών, romanized: kanōn) is a structured hymn used in a number of Eastern Orthodox services. It consists of nine odes , based on the Biblical canticles . Most of these are found in the Old Testament , but the final ode is taken from the Magnificat and Song of Zechariah from the New Testament .