tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601056345219122672.post4697124615711486530..comments2022-03-26T13:59:23.053-07:00Comments on Anglican Music: Mary had a babyJ.Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00248876387772558074noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601056345219122672.post-48468430377459334842007-12-26T18:41:00.000-08:002007-12-26T18:41:00.000-08:00Its interesting that the one hymn that most exhalt...Its interesting that the one hymn that most exhalts Mary, hides it in the second verse:<BR/><BR/>"O higher than the cherubim,<BR/>more glorious than the seraphim,<BR/>lead their praises,<BR/>Alleluia!<BR/>Thou bearer of the eternal Word,<BR/>most gracious, magnify the Lord"<BR/><BR/>In fact, I believe this is the only hymn which effectively refers to her as the Theotokos (Theotokos meaning God-bearer most correctly).<BR/><BR/>I wonder if there are Evangelical parishes where this hymn, or at least verse, is not permitted.Jeffrey Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341795071490408744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601056345219122672.post-27687337512511448372007-12-26T13:42:00.000-08:002007-12-26T13:42:00.000-08:00>"My sense is that the Anglicans are somewhere bet...>"My sense is that the Anglicans are somewhere between the Orthodox and Catholics at one end, and the bulk of Protestants at the other."<BR/><BR/>I'd certainly like to know how Anglicans would have got to the Protestant end as the 1611 King James Bible clearly lists the feast of the Immaculate Conception in its Liturgy of the Hours.Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06992217665437521336noreply@blogger.com