SUGGESTION: Alternative Saints

MJ. Smith
MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,402
edited November 20 in Resources Forum

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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  • David Wanat
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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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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,402
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1101549#Comment_1101549

    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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