The prayer book articles and homilies; some forgotten facts in their history which may decide their interpretation . THE PRAYBR BOO! v ARTICLES AND HOMILIES I Zbc IBlacMcttcv 1boI^ S)avK> LONG before the Reformation in England, theinterference with trade and agriculture whichresulted from the frequent feast days of theChurch had become a great social evil. ArchbishopLangton, in 1222, and Archbishop Meopham, in1328-33, had already sought to cut down the numberof the non-working days; and Archbishop Islip, whofollowed their example, explained the reason of theretrenchment to be— That disorder
The prayer book articles and homilies; some forgotten facts in their history which may decide their interpretation . THE PRAYBR BOO! v ARTICLES AND HOMILIES I Zbc IBlacMcttcv 1boI^ S)avK> LONG before the Reformation in England, theinterference with trade and agriculture whichresulted from the frequent feast days of theChurch had become a great social evil. ArchbishopLangton, in 1222, and Archbishop Meopham, in1328-33, had already sought to cut down the numberof the non-working days; and Archbishop Islip, whofollowed their example, explained the reason of theretrenchment to be— That disorderly meetings and negociations and otherunlawful exercises are practised on such days, and what wasintended for devotion is converted to lewdness, forasmuchas the tavern on these days is more frecjuented than the Goulburns Meditations on the Liturgical Gospels, p. 15. 2 THE BLACK-LETTER HOLY DAYS church . not to omit that covenant servants . do abstainfrom work on holidays (though of their own making) andon the vigils of saints, and yet take no less on tliat accountfor their weekly wages. ~ Cardinal DAilly,prayerbookarticl00toml
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