A plain and rational vindication of the liturgy of the Church of England collected out of the discourses of some of the reverend bishops and doctors of the same church, by way of question and answer / by J. Clvtterbvck, Gent.
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A plain and rational vindication of the liturgy of the Church of England collected out of the discourses of some of the reverend bishops and doctors of the same church, by way of question and answer / by J. Clvtterbvck, Gent.
Author
Clutterbuck, J. (John)
Publication
London :: Printed for William Keblewhite ...,
1699.
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Church of England -- Liturgy.
Church of England. -- Book of common prayer.
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"A plain and rational vindication of the liturgy of the Church of England collected out of the discourses of some of the reverend bishops and doctors of the same church, by way of question and answer / by J. Clvtterbvck, Gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33491.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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Q. Why is the Child sign'd with the Sign of the Cross on the Fore∣head?
A. For the clearer Manifestation, that this Child now belongs to Christ, the Church sets his Sign and peculiar Mark upon it; a Custom by which the Primitive Christians declared their Re∣ligion.
2. And it's signed in the Forehead, because that this is the feat of Blushing and Shame, that we may not be ashamed.
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