The bones of the monastic hours can certainly be found in Cranmer's daily offices, but what influence did monasticism have on the development of Anglican theology? From St. Aidan's Lindisfarne community to Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, asceticism played a significant role in the historical, political, and religious development of the theology of the Church in England. The Prayerbook assumes certain ascetic principles and abandons or ignores others. In this paper, I'd like to explore how early English monasticism reappears in the ethos of the prayer book and how medieval ascetic ideals and devotions are purged from the public and religious life of the church.
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The Rev. Steve Macias is Headmaster at Canterbury School and Rector of Saint Paul’s Anglican Church. He is a presbyter in the Reformed Episcopal Church, a founding jurisdiction of the Anglican Church in North America.