A Commentary On The Litany
by The Revd Thomas Bisse (1675-1731)
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Notes on the Litany by the Revd Thomas Bisse, Chancellor of Hereford Cathedral and a founder of the Three Choirs Festival.
The Litany’s Perfections
LET us now proceed in order to take a view of the Litany: which, though it may seem to be embodied with the morning service; yet is a distinct and separate office in the intention of the church, as is evident from the rubric before it, which appoints it "to be used after morning prayer," on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Besides, it is an office of so different and peculiar a form, that it requires and deserves to be considered apart, and to be viewed in its own perfection. For it is so complete a form of Christian worship, that it may in a manner be called a lesser Liturgy, and ought to be esteemed as the best of offices of the best of churches.
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From "The Beauty Of Holiness In The Common Prayer, As Set Forth In Four Sermons, The Rolls Chapel, 1716", by Thomas Bisse D. D.. Includes some minor editorial changes, chiefly paragraphing.
Thomas Bisse was Chancellor of Hereford Cathedral and one of the leaders in what would eventually become the Three Choirs Festival. Thomas's brother Philip was Bishop of Hereford, and you can can find out more about both of them at Wikipedia.
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