A. D. 1662. August 24. —The revised Book of Common Prayer came into legal use: November 11.—Was adopted by the Irish Convocation. 1663. January 5.-The Sealed Books: standard copies of the Prayer Book, corrected in MS., and certified under the Great Seal. 1666. June 18.—The Irish Act of Uniformity. 1669. Ineffectual proposals for toleration and comprehension of Nonconformists. 1685. February 6.-Accession of JAMES II. October 22.-Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. 1688. December 11.-Abdication of JAMES II. 1689. February 13.-WILLIAM and MARY, King and Queen. Commission to revise the Prayer Book. The Presbyterian Church in Scotland established by Law. 1691. The Nonjurors. 1752. Revised Calendar, authorized by Stat. 24 GEO. II. c. 23. September 14 immediately followed September 2. 1772. Petition to Parliament to abolish subscription to the XXXIX. Articles. 1776. The United States of America declared independent. 1785. Dr. Seabury consecrated by five Scotch Bishops for the American Episcopal Church. 1785-1789. Revision of the Prayer Book by the American Church. 1859. January 17.-Royal Warrant to discontinue the use of the Forms of Prayer for Nov. 5, Jan. 30, and May 29. 1863. The English Prayer Book adopted by the Episcopal Church ia Scotland. 1867. Royal Commission on Ritual. 1870. Revised Lectionary. A. INDE X. ABSOLUTION, the Medieval form of, Adults, Office of Baptism of (1661), Advent, commencement of the eccle- Order of Albis, Dominica in, 287. All Saints, the festival of, 304. Altars, removal of, 32; Elizabeth's Alterations in the Prayer Book Amen, 211. Anthems, used in processions, or Antiphonarium, 9, 10. Apostolical, or Irvingite Prayer Apostolus, the Book of the Epistles, IO. Ascension, the festival of the, 291. the Commination, special Service B. Baptism, Public, consecration of the water, 378; ceremonies following, 382; the sign of the Cross, 382; Dr. regeneration in, 124, 382, n; Baptism, in Private Houses, the Medieval Rubrics, 385; disliked by the Presbyterians, by a lawful minister (1604), 388; Service to be used, 389; if by an unauthorized person, by a layman, irregular, but how proposals about it (1689), 153. BASIL (St.), Liturgy of, 307, n.; nocturnal Service, 216, n.; Bidding of the Beads, 171; the Bid- Blessing, forms of, 363. Blessing of cramp-rings, 284, #. 'Book of Discipline' (Puritan), 85. the First of Edward VI. (1549) |