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We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Friday, December 26, 2014

26 December 1191 A.D. Reginald Fitz Jocelin Dies—Bishop of Wells & Archbishop-Elect as 43rd of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury


26 December 1191 A.D.  Reginald Fitz Jocelin Dies—Bishop of Wells & Archbishop-Elect as 43rd of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury

Note a conflict in the article:  Noted as Bishop of Bath but then noted as the Bishop of Wells.  We believe “Bath” is the correct anwer.

Bevans,  G. M. “Reginald FitzJocelin (Died 1191).”  Brittania.com.  N.d. http://www.britannia.com/bios/rfitzjocelin.html.  Accessed 7 May 2014.

Bevans,  Portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury. Toronto, ONT:  University of Toronto Libraries, 2011. Available here: http://www.amazon.com/Portraits-Archbishops-Canterbury-Gladys-Bevan/dp/B005HI57FS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399493248&sr=8-1&keywords=bevans+portraits+of+archbishops+of+canterbury

Reginald FitzJocelin
(Died 1191)
Bishop of Bath
Archbishop of Canterbury Elect
Died: 26th December 1191

Reginald FitzJocelin, son of Reginald Jocelin, the Bishop of Salisbury who was excommunicated by Becket at Vezelay, was consecrated in 1171 and became Archdeacon of Salisbury. He was raised to the Bishopric of Wells in 1174 and bestowed the first charter on the city. In 1191, he was elected to the See of Canterbury, but died before his consecration.

Edited from Richard John King's "Handbook to the Cathedrals of England: Southern Division" (1903).

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