Briefly (1540-1550); see the entry for Westminster Abbey in the Oxford
Dictionary of the Christian Church.
Tom Izbicki
At 12:21 PM 2/10/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>I know Westminster Abbey, it was restored as a monastery during Mary's
>reign. When was it a cathedral?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Izbicki [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 3:11 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: deconsecration
>
>At 10:58 AM 2/8/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> >I wonder what happened with the abbey churches during the English
> >Dissolution of the
> >Monasteries in this regard? Some seem to have been put to storage use.
> >Graveyards seem to have been removed to order... is there no deconsecration
> >there?
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>
>That depends on the abbey. Some, as has been noted, became cathedrals
>(Peterborough, Gloucester, Oxford, Westminster [briefly]). Others, e.g.,
>Tewksbury, were reused as churches. Others passed into lay hands or
>suffered ruin. I was told, during a tour of Jervaulx Abbey in 1998, that
>it underwent damage as part of the punishment of the North during the
>Pilgrimage of Grace.
>
>Considering the scant respect paid relics and shrines, is there any reason
>to think formal ceremonies were used to deconsecrate monastic churches not
>be reused for religious purposes?
>
>Tom Izbicki
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> >I have some recall of an earlier discussion/posting on this list in more
> >whimsical times in which it was explained why a leased building could not be
> >consecrated but (?) only dedicated for use.
> >
> >Does it follows that the act of selling the church site amounts to de
> >facto deconsecration, i.e. that it's not an affirmative process but more of
> >a consequence?
> >
> >regards
> >
> >john a w lock
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Madeleine Gray <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:40 PM
> >Subject: Re: Cathedrals (deconsecration)
> >
> >
> > > The problem is that neither my own diocese nor the diocese of Swansea and
> > > Brecon (in which the church originally was) seem to know what they
> did (or
> > > indeed what they should have done)! I think we are in denial on this one
> > > because so many Welsh churches have had to be deconsecrated in recent
> > > years.
> > >
> > > Apparently it's the sort of question visitors to the reconstruction do
> >ask.
> > >
> > > Maddy
> > >
> > >
> > > Dr Madeleine Gray, in the foothills of God's golden county of Gwent
> > > (Department of Humanities and Science
> > > UWCN Caerleon Campus
> > > PO Box 179
> > > Newport NP18 3YG
> > > Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675
> > > http://humanities.newport.ac.uk/history.html)
> > >
> > > 'Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought'
> > >
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