Saturday, June 04, 2011

Church Society adds new history page: Canon Richard Paul Blakeney (1820-1884)


Canon Blakeney was Vicar of Christ Church, Claughton, Birkenhead, Canon of York, and founder of the Church Association, one of the forebears of the Church Society. Among his published works are:

A Manuel of Romish Controversy, being a complete Refutation of the Creed of Pope Pius IV, 1851 (this work is stated to have passed through ten editions).

Protestant Catechism, or Popery refuted and Protestantism established by the Word of God, 1854.

History and Interpretation of the Book of Common Prayer, 1865, 3rd ed. 1878

The Book of Common Prayer in its History and Interpretation, 2nd ed., 1866

Hand-book of the Liturgy of the Church of England

To read more about Canon Blakeney, click here.

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