In 1306 King Edward I of England issued a proclamation banning the use of sea coal in London due to the smoke it caused. |
The psalmist had adapted this picture to refer to the spiritual offerings of prayer, praise and proclamation. |
It became the song sung by Stephen repeating God's proclamation that redemption is found in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. |
Certainly proclamation of faith is essential in the Eucharist, but do we need the Creed to accomplish that? |
Its proclamation requires sobriety and seriousness, for it relates to the realities of the Lord's own presence and the judgement to come. |
Caesar's time, authoritatively printed in the calendar, has triumphed over the archaic oral proclamation of the kalends by the priesthood. |