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In the Church of England parish church where I have been taking the occasional Evensong for several years, the final Vestry prayers end with the V & R
 
V: “May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace”
 
R: “And rise again in glory”.
 
We are not particularly “high” and I have never questioned the origin of this.  I also use the phrases, suitably adapted, when sending out “In Sympathy” cards.
 
So yes, it the phrase is in use in (some) Anglican churches.
 
Brenda M C
 
From: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Katherine Hindley
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 3:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [M-R] FW: A question of death
 
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
It's definitely a pre-Reformation phrase - 'requiescat in pace' is in the medieval Office of the Dead, and I believe it was used even earlier than that.
The phrase 'may [so-and-so] rest in peace' is used in the Anglican church today.
Best,
Katherine
 
On 19 November 2015 at 15:22, Kurt Sherry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Good question. I really don't know, but it feels like it could be a phrase that originated before the Reformation. 
 
In the Eastern Orthodox world, we use "May his/her memory be eternal," which is actually a liturgical phrase. My current project that I'm not working on is about Byzantine commemorative rites and theology. The phrase serves as a refrain in the Trisagion for the Dead. It appears elsewhere at least conceptually.
 
On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Anne Willis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture

My daughter has a query about the phrase 'Rest In Peace'.

Is it a phrase based on Catholic ideology, or is it a phrase that the Protestant (or specifically Anglican) church can also ascribe to?


Anne

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