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St. Jude's Anglican Church - Blue Ridge Anglican Mission - 120 Chadwick Avenue, Ste. 2, Hendersonville, NC 28792 828-513-4201

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Monday
Aug302021

Why We Use "Archaic" Language in Our Worship

DateMonday, August 30, 2021 at 04:18PM

In a nutshell, for the same reason we do everything else in our worship, which is to offer up our very best to God, an ancient biblical principle.  Here are some articles that help to explain:

Peter Berger: The Vernacularist Illusion

Shawn Tribe: On the Use of a Hieratic Liturgical English

Mark Haverland: Modern v. Traditional Liturgical Language

Why Use Archaic Language?

An Appeal for Cranmer's Prayers

A Defense of the Sacral Vernacular

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