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EPISCOPAL LITURGY
NOW CAL V|N|STIC.
Mgr. Gasquet Says Book of
Common Prayer Has No Re-
Iation to Catholic MlssaI

The Episcopal liturgy is now Calvin
fstic and was at first Lutheran. 1t bears
only a remote and occasional resem-
blance to the ancient Roman missal
1t especially excludes all idea of the
mass as sacrifice. 1t was, in inspira-
ton and execution, the work, almost
exclusively, of Archbishop Cranmer. 1t
was not, as is maintained by its de-
tenders, the joint product of the Eng
lish clerical leaders, but it was inn
posed upon the nation against the
wishes of a practical majority of the
bishops.
Such were the declarations made last
night at the Cathedral by Mgr. Francis
Afdan Gasquet, abbot president of the
English Benedictines, in a lecture upon
What Edward VI. Did With the Cath
Ollie Liturgy
Peculiar value attached to this lee
ture, inasmuch as DR.. Gasquet Is the
author of Edward VI. and the Book Of
Common Prayer a work that attracted
much attention in ecclesiastical circles
when it was published fourteen years
ago.
Like the book, the lecture was not
controversial. 1t evidently was de-
best knowledge of conscientious stu
dent.
cranmer the Chief Compiler
zone commonly hears" said DIR. Gas
quet, that the first version of the
Book Of Common Prayer was drawn
up by committee of bishops. But lit
tie is known in support of that view.
All that can be considered certain is
that Cranmer was at the head of the
compilers. Not until 1923 was the first
statement published that the book was
approved by a convocation of the
clergy, and it may be said now that
this statement was incorrect. 1t is
doubtful if the so-called Windsor con-
vocation had any real existence.
I'm November, 1913, the doctrine of the
sacrament, according to the proposed
book, was discussed four days in the
house of lorGs. When a vote was ordered
thirteen bishops favored the government
plan, ten opposed the plan, and the posi-
ton of four was doubtful. Many Of the
bishops signed the book with the under
standing that it was to be revised. It
is also certain that after it had been sign
ed its wording was tempered with. Rec
ords Of the debate discovered a few years
ago show that the Catholic bishops sign
ed under protest to preserve domestic
peace at period of serious foreign COM
plications.
Comparing the firstaversion of the book
of common prayer with the Catholic mis-
sal, we find that the changes adopted
were largely Lutheran. When, in the
ancient service, the bread and wine were
offered up and the choir sang the "of-
fertory," all idea of sacrifice was ex-
Guided in the new version and money
Offering to the poor was substituted, al
though the name "offertory'' was re-
tanned. OF the canon, a part Of the mass
especially sacred, that had remained un-
hint was left behind in the new liturgy.
Changes Under Cranmer
Under the direction of Cranmer, after
the book had been adopted, correspond
ing changes were made in the form for
the ordination of priests. Cranmer and
his fellow leaders meanwhile were be-
ginning to favor, more and more, the
Calvinistic ideals. Orders were given
that affairs be destroyed and tables used
instead. Vestments for the clergy were
next done away with. Finally revision
of the prayer book was substituted for
the earlier version. In this second book,
the one now in use, elaborate care was
taken to remove not only every sugges-
ton that the mass was sacrifice, but
also every lingering remnant of thought
or phrase that might be considered
Catholic. The new version was essen
tally Calvinistic.
at is therefore important to remem-
ber,' concluded DR.. Gasquet, that the
Episcopal book of common prayer has no
historical or other real relation to our
Catholic missal.''
Tonight the subject of the abbot's lee
ture will be 1.-The Elizabethan Settlement
of RELIGION"