Meaning of Edwardine | Babel Free

Definitions

Pertaining to the ordinal written by Thomas Cranmer in 1552 and the clergy who were ordained using this ordinal.

not-comparable

Examples

“As to the number of Edwardine clergy who were left in possession during the whole of Mary's reign, or till their death, and were not reordained, six such cases are given.”

“And first of all it is necessary to remember that the main difference between the second Edwardine Ordinal and the Ordinal as we find it now in our Prayer-books lies in the wording of the imperative formula which is repeated by the ordaining bishop, or by the principal ordaining bishop, during the laying-on of hands.”

“He had been ordained Edwardine deacon and priest by Bishop King at Oxford, on March 22nd, 1550, and April 6th, 1550, respectively.”

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