The fourth Sunday in Lent is sometimes referred to as Refreshment Sunday – a day when the strictures of Lent are relaxed a bit. (It is also Mothering Sunday for those who keep that festival).
At St Mary’s tomorrow, our refreshment is coming in the form of some of the most lovely choral must that we sing here. Fr Vice Provost will be preaching on the Prodigal Child. And we’re adding one or two guest choristers into the mix.
Expect something special.
No, Kimberley – he ISN’T a Primate. He is merely first among equals and has no powers as a primate or metropolitan.
So what would you use as the collective noun for Archbishops, Presiding Bishops, Primi (Primuses??), etc?
I have always heard ‘primates’ as a simple short hand and have not assumed that it tells us anything about the form of governance in any particular province.
Ah! But it does! +Idris is Primus (inter pares), but he’s no more a Primate than you or I. This is a delightful distinguishing feature of our Scottish Church. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were various suggestions and attempts to restore some kind of Metropolitan Bishop, but they came to nothing.
As for a collective noun, I don’t know. I prefer not to think about such meetings!
Of course, I am blogging elsewhere too at the moment:http://www.kelvin-holdsworth.co.uk
It occurs to me that perhaps an application of deer poo to the garden would keep the lions out.
Today is one of those long days. A meeting at 0930 to discuss the organ project kicks it off, and it won’t be over until after the Area Council tonight. The Area Council is the forum for local Episcopal churches and this month is discussing the pastoral issues arising from the welcome that the Episcopal…
I spent part of yesterday in the company of someone who believed that she is called to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic church. All eyes were on Rome yesterday. Today, most of my Catholic friends are lifting their eyes and looking into the future.
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