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should at least be able to hear
and understand the Bible each
day. He also wanted events such
as baptisms, weddings and funer
als to have a clear and systematic
pattern.
Indeed, Cranmer wanted
every service in every church in
England to be identical.
Because people were used to
services that were traditionally
spoken in Latin, hearing and
reading such things in English
was still quite new.
Of course, readers will remem
ber that Queen Mary I assumed
the throne when her half-brother,
Edward VI, died.
Queen Mary wanted England
returned to the Roman Catholic
faith, thus the Book of Common
Prayer was burned and otherwise
“went underground.” That con
tinued for six years, until her
death and Queen Elizabeth’s sub
sequent reign, when she brought
the book back.
Queen Elizabeth had a few
minor edits made to the Book of
Common Prayer in 1559, but it
remained virtually unchanged for
the next 110 years, until 1662.
Events leading up to the revi
sions, and the printing of the
book seen in this week’s article,
are significant.
Queen Elizabeth was consid
ered popular with the majority of
her subjects, and history shows
her initially as a strong leader.
But in her later years, she
became resistant to change or
progress of any kind. When she
eventually died, this stagnant
policy left the country deeply in
debt.
The numerous and continuous
wars of her reign were expensive.
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life sister, actress June Havoc
— as she attempts to make them
stars.
“Mama Rose is often
described as one of the most
complex characters in
Broadway's history,” Kathy
Russell said. “She is the quint
essential ‘stage mom’ but
there’s also a lot more to her.”
Russell will be reprising the
lead role of Mama Rose in the
local production after having
portrayed her in another rendi
tion of the show about 15
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Family
With amazing clarity, my
sweet Aunt Viola recalled her
siblings — my Uncle Curt, who
was a few years older; another
brother, Victor, who lost his life
at age 24; and younger sisters,
Nelda (my mom), Lula and
Neleta.
Of course, I knew my grand
parents lived through the Great
Depression, but aunt Viola told
me just how bad it was. How
they moved to Indianapolis to try
to find work, and how there were
so many people actually starving
in our country.
“We always had a roof over
our heads, but we knew about so
many people who were living
under bridges without heat or
running water,” she remembered.
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So when King James VI of
Scotland assumed the throne in
1603, a slow shift began that
would ultimately lead to the
monarchy losing its executive
power and becoming more sub
ject to parliament.
Under the reign of Charles 1
(1625-49), England found itself
mired in civil war, with those
who supported the monarchy
fighting the parliamentary forces.
In 1647, the last Royalist
stronghold yielded to the parlia
mentary forces. And in 1649, King
Charles I was actually tried, found
guilty and executed by beheading
under the direction of Oliver
Cromwell.
Readers will remember this last
name as a close relative, Thomas
Cromwell had his coat of arms
removed from the Great Bible
(featured in week two) Title Page
as he was executed under charges
of heresy and treason by Henry
VIII after arranging the king’s mar
riage to Princess Ann of Cleves.
Parliament immediately passed
an act proclaiming no person could
be the King of England and the
long standing monarchy was offi
cially dissolved. That very same
month, Irish Royalists proclaimed
Charles I, the son of the recently
executed king, to be the king of
Great Britain, France and Ireland.
More war and bloodshed contin
ued to ravage England as people
were divided over what sort of
government should rule the mother
land. The period between the exe
cution of Charles I and the restora
tion of the monarchy with the
crowning of Charles II is known as
English Interregnum (1650-1660).
During this time, England was
ruled as a republic, with Oliver
Cromwell declared Lord Protector.
After Cromwell’s death in 1658,
the Protectorate Parliament was
dissolved, paving the way for the
restoration of the monarchy.
years ago in California.
“I love this role because,
since she is based on a real-life
person, it’s fun and a challenge
all at the same time,” Russell
said.
The show also offers some
of the best songs from the
American theater, said Bob
Russell, who will be directing
all the music in the local pro
duction.
“There are so many great
songs that people probably
know, but most people proba
bly aren’t aware that those
songs are from this show,” he
said, noting some of the musi
cal performances include
“Everything’s Coming Up
my grandparents eventually were
able to buy a 200-acre farm in
Casey County. Although the
house was small, Viola said they
felt like it was a palace.
One of the first purchases
Granny made was a wood
burning stove. She ordered it
from Montgomery Ward.
The family had to be patient
for a refrigerator since there
was a waiting list!
Education was always of par
amount importance to my
grandmother, and | know she
was pleased and proud her
daughters all went to college. In
fact, they all became teachers
like her.
Aunt Viola recalled her first
teaching job was at a one-room
schoolhouse, first through
eighth grades. I had such a
visual for this, thinking of the
old schoolhouse at the
Cumming Fairgrounds.
Aunt Vi said back then, the
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A month before assuming the
throne, in April 1660, Charles 1I
issued the Declaration of Breda, in
which he proclaimed his intention
to restore the Church of England to
a policy of religious toleration for
those who were non-adherents of
the church. j
It was more likely Charles want
ed to restore peace and find a way
to appease the English
Presbyterians, the largest faction of
Puritans.
The Savoy Conference of 1661
was a liturgical discussion that
took place after Charles 11 was
restored to power. The conference
was an attempt to reach some sort
of reconciliation within the Church
of England.
Attended by Anglican bishops
as well as Puritan and Presbyterian
ministers, the goal of the meeting
was to revise the Book of
Common Prayer for the first time
in more than 100 years.
Both sides were passionate
about their beliefs and desirous for
various changes, especially the
Presbyterians. After much argu
ment and ultimately total disagree
ment, many non-conformists were
leaning toward leaving the Church
of England.
Almost immediately, Parliament
issued the Act of Uniformity, which
required all rites and ceremonies out
lined in the Book of Common
Prayer be practiced during all church
services throughout England.
As readers can imagine, this
authoritative edict did not go over
well with those who had spent
their lives fighting for reform with
in the church and the right to wor
ship as they wished.
Clergy were told to conform to
the new law by St. Bartholomew’s
Day 1662 or they would be eject
ed from the Church of England.
The date became known as Black
Bartholomew’s Day, a reference
to the St. Bartholomew's
Roses,” “You Gotta Get a
Gimmick,” and “Rose’s Turn.”
The local production of
“Gypsy” features a cast of 35,
as well as music from a live
seven-piece band.
- In order to accommodate
the live music in the intimate
venue, which doesn’t have an
orchestra pit, Bob Russell said
they are trying something new
to the playhouse. For the first
time, the band will be located
in another room.
“The music will be broad
cast in and the band will be
able to see and hear the show
from a large television screen
that will be connected via
closed-circuit television,” he
older children helped the
younger ones. Since she had
gone to school in a onesroom
schoolhouse, it all seemed nor
mal to her.
When Aunt Vi was pregnant
with her boys, she said she
wore loose-fitting clothes so
nobody would know.
Apparently, being in that “con
dition” was not considered
good while teaching.
When she was pregnant
with her second son, one of
her co-workers “told” on her.
“I never considered preg
nancy as something abnor
mal,” she said, making me
laugh.
After meeting with her
principal and a school board
member she had known since
childhood, she explained in no
uncertain terms that she was
more than capable of doing
her job — pregnant or not.
In this way, she reminded
Next week ;
In the final article of the 12-part series on the Payette Bibles,
the FCN will offer a look at three other significant contribu
tions to the Bible in English: the Roman Catholic response to
the Reformation at the Council of Trent, a 1547 Louvain Bible
first edition in Latin; the Church of England’s response to the
Geneva Bible, a 1568 Bishops Bible first edition in English;
and the 1601 Douay Rheims New Testament, the second
English edition of the Catholic Church 1582 NT with the
Bishops Bible NT in parallel.
Massacre in 1572. .
The response was swift. More
than 2,000 Puritan ministers from
churches all over England walked
away from their churches. This act
became known as the “Great
Ejection” — and it occurred
because of the 1662 Book of
Common Prayer seen on the
pages of this newspaper.
Amazingly, the end result was a
1662 revision whose actual lan
guage was little changed with the
exception of some words and
phrase modernization from that of
Cranmer 113 years earlier, in
1549.
The readings for the Epistle and
Gospels at Holy Communion
were now set to the text of the
1611 King James Bible featured
last week. Even more amazing,
the Psalter — which had not been
printed in the 1549, 1552 or 1559
Book of Common Prayer — was
in 1662 copied directlys from
Coverdale’s Great Bible of
1539-41. That work was fea
tured in the second week of the
Payette Bible series.
Payette’s 1662 copy of the
Book of Common Prayer is as
stunning as it is pristine. It is, in
fact, a massive folio presenta
tion copy specially created for
the Archbishop of Canterbury,
who at the time was William
Juxon.
Remaining in its original pris
tine binding, the book is heavily
adorned in gold on the spine and
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said. “Hopefully, if this works
as well as we think it will,
we'll be able to bring in larger
bands for future productions.”
The Russells are excited to
bring “Gypsy,” which is being
directed by John Marino, to the
playhouse stage.
me so much of my grandmoth
er. As Aunt Vi said, “You never
ordered mother to do or not to
do anything.”
During her pregnancy, Aunt
Vi never missed a day, and she
returned to school three weeks
after giving birth. When she
went to the doctor for her six
week checkup, he told her she
could go back to work.
“I told him I went back three
weeks ago,” she said.
I love it! She still has every
bit of her spunk and her spark.
Aunt Viola told me the story
about why Granny painted the
church at Poplar Grove.
Granny wanted to raise
money for upkeep of the ceme
tery, which is where many of
her relatives were buried. They
made numerous prints and sold
them to raise money for a fund,
which still exists today.
After visiting for a few hours,
we took a drive to see the church
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prominently displays the arch
bishop’s seal on both the front
and back covers.
Juxon’s finely engraved por
trait is surrounded by six oth
ers of fellow prominent bish
ops. The fact that these por
traits are not found in other
copies of this rare book, adds
to the provenance, rarity and
value of the book.
The book is also red ruled
throughout, further demon
strating it was owned by some
one of such prominence.
“I have never seen a more
pristine, historically significant
and powerful evidence of prov
enance example of the Book of
Common Prayer,” Payette said.
The Book of Common Prayer
was not revised again for more
than 300 years. This edition has
remained the official prayer
book of the Church of
England.
That said, in the 21st centu
ry, an alternative book, called
Common Worship, has largely
replaced the Book of
Common Prayer at the main
Sunday worship service at
most English parish churches.
However, the Book of
Common Prayer with local
variations is still used in
churches inside and outside
the Anglican Communion in
more than 50 countries and
some 150 different languag
es.
“Audiences will enjoy this
one because it combines a won
derful, moving script with great
music and great choreography,”
Kathy Russell said. “People
should come to see ‘Gypsy’
because it truly is a Broadway
classic.”
and the cemetery. It was a beau
tiful day and the scenery was
lovely.
I've always been a bit odd in
that I like old cemeteries. It was
a weekday and the church was
locked, but one day | plan on
returning to attend a service.
Aunt Viola told me many
other stories, and I wish I had
room to share it all here. I am,
however, going to transcribe it
all for her and for her family
members.
If you're lucky enough to have
older relatives, I encourage you
to visit with them and ask about
their childhoods. Everybody has
a story to tell.
Thanks Aunt Vi for taking the
time to share your stories and per
spective.
Adlen Robinson is author of “Home
Matters: The Guide to Organizing
Your Life and Home.” E-mail her at
contact@adlenrobinson.com.
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