King Charles the Martyr - anyone else else have a service tonight?

[gtsecc]

We held our service tonight and it was wonderful.
And, the King Charles Martyr Society is holding their national service at my parish next year!

Did anyone else have a service tonight?

[benedictine]

No, in fact, I'd never heard of King Charles the MArtyr, but I'm guessing he was deposed by the Puritans.

[AveMaria]

Nope, but how was your service? Anything particularly special?

[gtsecc]

He was killed for defending the Catholicity of the Christian faith.

http://www.skcm.org


King Charles the Martyr was the last saint to be canonised by the Church of England.


He is honoured as a martyr because he died for the Church. He was offered his life if he would abandon episcopacy but he refused for this would have taken the Church of England away from being part of 'the one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church’ and made Her into a sect.



So we venerate him for his sacrifice and see in it inspiration for us today.



In the words of Dr. Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London 1897-1901 and a noted ecclesiastical historian: ‘Had Charles been willing to abandon the Church and give up episcopacy, he might have saved his throne and his life. But on this point Charles stood firm: for this he died, and by dying saved it for the future.’



He oversaw many schemes for the Church: the restoration and adornment of churches and cathedrals, the founding and advancement of charities, the improvement of the liturgy and the re-introduction of the episcopacy in Scotland. His reign witnessed, albeit briefly, a Golden Age for Anglicanism especially in spiritual and devotional writing which is still much appreciated today.

[Bonifatius]

Hi GTSCC,

thanks for sharing this, the link to the site is great! I didn't know King Charles was venerated so much and that there even were RELICS!

Great!
Greetings
Bonifatius