The day after Saint Brigid’s Day is Candlemas, which is the day on which all the candles which will be used in the ceremonies of the church for the next year are blessed and at the same time it is the commemoration of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, forty [Read more…]
2011 is the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Version of the Bible and Professor Gordon Campbell, who teaches Renaissance Literature at the University of Leicester, is giving a series of lectures on the King James Version in Great Britain, Ireland, the United States and Canada, as [Read more…]
Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626) was an English clergyman and scholar during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James, during whose reign his name was at the top of the list of divines responsible for the translation of the Authorized Version of the Bible. He was consecrated Bishop of Chichester in 1605. [Read more…]
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