1571 Books (Study Guide) - The Books of Homilies, Vocabulario En Lengua Castellana y Mexicana, Arte de La Lengua Mexicana y Castellana (Paperback, Annotated edition)

This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Books of Homilies, Vocabulario En Lengua Castellana Y Mexicana, Arte de La Lengua Mexicana Y Castellana, 1571 in Literature. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Archbishop of CanterburyRowan WilliamsPrimates' MeetingLambeth ConferencesAnglican Consultative CouncilBishops, Dioceses, andEpiscopal polity The Books of Homilies (1547, 1562, and 1571) are two books of thirty-three sermons developing the reformed doctrines of the Church of England in greater depth and detail than in the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. The title of the collection is Certain Sermons or Homilies Appointed to Be Read in Churches. Title page of the 1683 reprinted editionDuring the reign of Edward VI and later during the reign of Elizabeth I, Thomas Cranmer and other English reformers saw the need for local congregations to be taught Christian theology and practice. Before the English Reformation, the liturgy was conducted entirely in Latin, to which the common people listened passively except twice a year during Communion, when only the consecrated bread was administered. Since parsons, vicars and curates often lacked the education and experience needed to write sermons and were often unfamiliar with Reformed doctrine, scholars and bishops wrote out a collection of sermons for them, which were appointed to be read each Sunday and holy day. The reading of the homilies in church is still mandated under Article XXXV of the Thirty-Nine Articles. Many of the sermons are straightforward exhortations to read scripture daily and lead a life of prayer and faith in Jesus Christ; the other works are lengthy scholarly treatises intended to inform church leaders in theology, church history, the fall of the Byzantine Empire and the alleged heresies of the ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=47950