The Commemoration of the Martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer in Oxford. The Prayer Book Society.
The Procession leaves the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, in the Church of England Diocese of Oxford. The Procession is a Faithful Witness to the work of the Gospel in Oxford.
In the final years of Henry VIII's reign Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, conceived and wrote the original Book of Common Prayer. Cranmer was later martyred in Oxford on this day in 1556. He faced trial in St Mary the Virgin Church in Oxford. During the English Reformation went through aumber of modifications, driven by a succession of monarchs and the theological debates of the period. After the restoration of the monarchy, Charles II and a new Parliament oversaw the production and introduction of the Book of Common Prayer in 1662. It is the one we use today.
Choral Mattins was led by the Reverend Canon Dr William Lamb, Vicar of the University Church. The preacher was the Reverend Thomas Sander, Rector, St Giles in the Fields, Diocese of London, and Padre, Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment. Mattins was sung by the University Church Choir, directed by Robert Howarth, Director of Music. The responses were by William Byrd (c. 1539 - 1623). The Canticles were sung to a setting by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924). The organist was James Brown.
The University Church of St Mary the Virgin serves a parish within the Church of England and also serves the University of Oxford. It is the place were the University began. In the course of any year, we welcome half a million visitors and pilgrims from all over the world. People come from near and far to pray at the place where Thomas Cranmer faced trial, where John Wesley preached before the University, and where St John Henry Newman became one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. The precincts of this church have seen some of the most significant events in English Church history, and you are very welcome here.
The Procession left the Church and visited the site of the Martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer. Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury. Which site was also the place of the Martyrdom of Bishop Hugh Latimer and Bishop Nicholas Ridley in Broad Street. Hugh Latimer (c. 1487 – 16 October 1555) was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and Bishop of Worcester during the Reformation, and later Church of England chaplain to King Edward VI. Nicholas Ridley (c. 1500 – 16 October 1555) was Bishop of London, he was the only bishop called Bishop of London and Westminster. Hymns using the New English Hymnal were sung by the Choir and prayers were said at the respective locations. The Procession then went to Oxford Protestant Martyrs Memorial for the laying of the wreath on behalf of the Prayerbook Society.
The Book of Common Prayer is widely used throughout the Anglican Communion. The Prayer Book Society (PBS) helps to promote use of the Book of Common Prayer.
My video was made on Tuesday 21st of March in the year of our Lord 2023.
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