The Scripture moveth us in sundry places framing biblical emotions in the Book of Common Prayer and the Homilies

In 1549, when theBook of Common Prayerwas first published, the people of the West Country rose up against it. ‘We will not receive the new service’, they protested to the young Edward VI, ‘because it is but like a Christmas game’.¹ Seven thousand Cornish rebels were prepared to fight and to die for...

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Published inThe Renaissance of emotion p. 45
Main Author David Bagchi
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Manchester University Press 01.07.2015
Subjects
Behavioral sciences
Bible
Christianity
Cognitive psychology
Emotion
Emotional expression
Emotional states
Joy
Liturgy
Lutheranism
Old Testament
Practical theology
Prayer
Protestantism
Psychology
Religion
Religious practices
Religious rituals
Sacred texts
Spiritual belief systems
Theology
Worship services
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Summary:In 1549, when theBook of Common Prayerwas first published, the people of the West Country rose up against it. ‘We will not receive the new service’, they protested to the young Edward VI, ‘because it is but like a Christmas game’.¹ Seven thousand Cornish rebels were prepared to fight and to die for this conviction. But less than a century later, on the eve of the Civil War, the people of Cornwall issued another set of demands to another king. This time, they petitioned Charles I in near bibliolatrous terms ‘to eternize (as far as in you lies)
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