SUGGESTION: Alternative Saints
I would like to see Richard Symonds' Alternative Saints: The Post-Reformation British People Commemorated by the Church of England. It contains biographic chapters on the following people:
- Thomas More
- William Tyndale
- Thomas Cranmer
- Richard Hooker
- Lancelot Andrewes
- George Herbert
- Nicholas Ferrar
- Charles I
- Jeremy Taylor
- John Bunyan
- Thomas Ken
- William Law
- John and Charles Wesley
- William Wilberforce
- Charles Simeon
- John Keble
- James Hannington
- Josephine Butler
- Edward King
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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So, looking at the list, this is a biography of English people involved in the major historical religious events? Or is there more to it than that?
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They are people honored in the Alternative Service Book i.e. Anglican saints. I believe it parallels Martin Draper's The Cloud of Witnesses which contains prayers and readings. But I am not sure I understand your question, so I'm not sure I answered it. Most churches don't have a formal canonization process so be recognized as a saint primarily means being included in service books.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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