#publicworship

[xgoddessluna]

Today was such a beautiful day out in the sun with my toes out ☀️, next time I want to have a picnic with a footbtch that’ll let me use them as my foot rest🤭🦶🏾🩷.

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[englandsnewjerusalem]

Joel O’Flaherty and Johnty Robinson-Stanier

This rare medieval textile is a set of priest’s robes embroidered with figures of saints. At the Reformation, robes of this sort were condemned due to the Protestant attack on the vestments which appeared to attribute the priests a special status as intermediaries between the laity and God. But rather than discard this one, the thrifty parishioners of St Mary Arches unpicked the offending figures which now appear as blank shadows, then cut the cloth into strips and re-assembled the pieces as a pall, which was a cover for the coffin. The detail and artistic quality of the piece is evident, perhaps suggesting why the parishioners decided to recycle the robes, as it would be a shame to destroy such an item that required such skill to produce.

Interestingly, not all of the saints have been removed, it is not clear as to why this is the case. It could be simply that the creator did not have time to replace all of the figures, or that they would not be visible when the pall was in use. The identities of many of the saints is also a mystery, due to the tempering, however, the airbrushed figure from the centre of the pall is clearly the figure of Christ on the crucifix. The removal of Christ is clear evidence of the attack on abused images being enforced. This would suggest that they were subject to the waves of iconoclasm that occurred in England from the reign of Edward VI onwards, peaking again around the Civil Wars.

The object also highlights how successful the visitations were at removing abused images, as the enforcing power of the visitors reached into the far corners of the country and rather than being hidden away, these robes were permanently altered to align with the doctrine of the new religion. It could go so far as to suggesting an ideological break for the people of Exeter with traditional assumptions about the powers of the saints. At the very least it displays a shift in church practices where the status of the priest was diminished to that of an ordinary teacher. However, the remnants of a select number of saints could suggest that the idea of the power of saints was a comforting one, certainly a deep-rooted one, and one that had not yet been fully eradicated.

[fortheloveofpoetry]

‘Push the poem to the extremes of its logic and watch how that can create magic...’ . . @RachelLong gave me some great feedback on this piece and i am so thankful that she did! - it can now be found in the @BarbicanYoungPoets anthology along with other amazing works by the BYPoets which you can get a copy of THIS Sunday 18th March after our #showcase! See you there :) . . The form is inspired by a style @safiamafia often uses and i love it for the immediacy of this piece. . . . #publicworship #lgbtq #loveislove #trainlove #feedback #growth #editing #barbican #womeninpoetry #poem #poet #form #poetinlondon #poetsofinstagram #attemptingartistry #attemptingadulthood #poetry #words #quote #poemaboutsex #poemaboutlove #pride🌈

[eddiebx]

Kids praying in public. I love it, too many kids r too embarrassed to express their faith in public. Even me sometimes... #prayer #faith #belief #god #publicworship

[englandsnewjerusalem]

Laura Sangha

The 1630s was a time of innovation in church services. Archbishop Laud and other bishops cracked down on nonconformity and insisted that ministers followed the Book of Common Prayer to the letter. Ministers were forced to wear the surplice, people had to bow at the name of Jesus, and sermons were played down at the expense of sacraments. In accordance with the principle of ‘the beauty of worship’, Laudians also moved the communion table back to the chancel, and erected altar ‘rails’ such as those shown in this image. To many contemporaries, these changes smacked of ‘popery’, and people feared that Laudianism was really an attempt to smuggle catholicism back into England. Laudiansm is therefore seen as one of the key contributors to the causes of the English Civil Wars.

[englandsnewjerusalem]

Laura Sangha

The 1559 Book of Common Prayer was one of the key texts of the English Reformation. It provided detailed instructions for ministers about what church services should look and sound like, and dictated which passages of scripture were to be read on which days of the year. It also provided scripts for the sacraments (Lord’s Supper & Baptism) and milestone ceremonies such as marriage or burial. This national liturgy was designed to ensure uniformity of religious practice across the c.9,000 English parishes, although in practice it still left plenty of scope for ministers and parishioners to exercise choice when it came to details (music, surplice, kneeling...). Though the BCP was to prove very popular with many, the ‘hotter sort of protestants’ were unhappy with aspects of it and in the long run it proved very divisive.