Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The Black Rubric

"Whereas it is ordained in this Office for the Administration of the Lord's Supper, that the Communicants should receive the same kneeling; (which order is well meant, for a signification of our humble and grateful acknowledgment of the benefits of Christ therein given to all worthy Receivers, and for the avoiding of such profanation and disorder in the holy Communion, as might otherwise ensue;) yet, lest the same kneeling should by any persons, either out of ignorance and infirmity, or out of malice and obstinacy, be misconstrued and depraved: It is hereby declared, That thereby no adoration is intended, or ought to be done, either unto the Sacramental Bread or Wine there bodily received, or unto any Corporal Presence of Christ's natural Flesh and Blood. For the Sacramental Bread and Wine remain still in their very natural substances, and therefore may not be adored; (for that were Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Christians;) and the natural Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ are in Heaven, and not here; it being against the truth of Christ's natural Body to be at one time in more places than one."

Hooray for Thomas Cranmer and the Black Rubric!! - DOB

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

David, I put this in the Episcopal discussion list I love to stir up. As you might imagine, the ultrapostmodern ants did swarm all over this claim to truth rather than truthiness. See, they said, this is so yesterday, and it can’t be right, ‘cause it’s not in the current BCP. So there!

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Blogger David Browder said...

Not surprising. I get that stuff from all the superstitious folks here at Trinity. And there are many.

They don't want to recognize that Cranmer was as influenced by the Swiss Reformation as he was the Lutheran to a large extent.

You open up the pages of the history of the English Reformation and there sits Zwingli and Bullinger alongside Luther and Melancthon.

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