don 451
Leo the Great revised the Roman Liturgy 492
V. General Council, at Constantinople 553
Gregory the Great revised the Roman Liturgy 590
St. Augustine came to England 595
VI. General Council, at Constantinople 681
Venerable Bede died at Yarrow, England 735
Alfred the Great founded Oxford University 887
Final Separation of Church in East and West 1054
Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, revised English Liturgy 1081
Crusades began 1095
Bible divided into chapters 1252
Wickliffe and his work 1377-1384
First book printed, a Latin Bible, at Mentz 1450
Martin Luther and his work 1517-1546
John Calvin 1530-1564 {58}
English Reformation 1534-1559
First English Prayer Book set forth 1549
Present authorized version of the Bible 1611
Present English Prayer Book set forth 1662
Church introduced into America 1578-1607
Bishop Seabury consecrated in Scotland first
American Bishop 1784
Three additional Bishops consecrated in England for
American Church 1787-1790
Name changed to Protestant Episcopal 1789
American Prayer Book set forth Oct. 16, 1789
American Prayer Book revised 1883-1892
Church Club.--Throughout the American Church there are a number of
Church Clubs composed of laymen, associated together for the
purpose of discussing problems of Church work and belief and
studying out more thoroughly what this Church teaches and what its
history is. In some of these clubs eminent Bishops and other clergy
and laymen are invited to deliver lectures which are afterwards
printed in book form. The Church Club has done much to raise up a
class of intelligent and well-informed Churchmen who are proving
to be a great help and blessing to the Church.
Church Colors.--Also called Liturgical colors. From the most ancient
times it has been customary to deck the Church's Altar with hangings
of rich material wh
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