“Catholicity and the Covenant of Works: James Ussher and the Reformed Tradition,” by Harrison Perkins
It is said that during the Cromwellian Protectorate only one person received a state funeral using the liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer (BCP). That person was James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh. The historical oddity of his funeral, honoring an archbishop with a Prayer Book funeral at a time when England’s bishops were living […]