tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post5037442895907843065..comments2024-03-18T20:38:40.751+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Parsons GaloreFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-80184063527501678742022-11-18T18:14:29.232+00:002022-11-18T18:14:29.232+00:00My mother's father was Vicar of Uffculme, co. ...My mother's father was Vicar of Uffculme, co. Devon. She and her sisters were known locally as "Parson's maids".Oliver Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187098939500953848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-6664273888757874202022-11-17T16:40:12.357+00:002022-11-17T16:40:12.357+00:00Dear Parson Hunwicke.
I offer my deepest Apologie...Dear Parson Hunwicke.<br /><br />I offer my deepest Apologies to you for often referring to you as "Reverend".Zephyrinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179350648709554049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-26783375672172390442022-11-16T05:26:05.309+00:002022-11-16T05:26:05.309+00:00In the Canterbury Tales, at least one parish pries...In the Canterbury Tales, at least one parish priest is referred to as a parson.<br /><br />AvB.Albrecht von Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996637489269911349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-82276821204726803112022-11-15T23:53:58.793+00:002022-11-15T23:53:58.793+00:00Chaucer in the 14th century concludes his Canterbu...Chaucer in the 14th century concludes his Canterbury Tales with the Parson's Tale. In the General Prologue, Chaucer calls him a "povre Persoun of a Toun."The host seems to consider the Parson a kind of priest, for he addresses him with the words,<br /><br />"Sire preest," quod he,, "artow a vicary?<br />Or arte a person? Sey, sooth, by thy fey!"<br /><br />And hefrjustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109539584303934489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-57593390310333532902022-11-15T17:26:13.813+00:002022-11-15T17:26:13.813+00:00I have tended to use 'parson' as a polite ...I have tended to use 'parson' as a polite Catholic way of referring to people in Anglican orders whilst retaining a certain agnosticism about those orders. I know that that doesn't quite make sense historically speaking but it seems to work. pdmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00708885245294301600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-55292036783649727372022-11-15T12:13:32.728+00:002022-11-15T12:13:32.728+00:00Towards a historical-analytical account of linguis...<b>Towards a historical-analytical account of linguistic usage</b><br /><br />It probably needs to be presented in tabular form because, though this is obvious to me, it isn't necessarily obvious to others.<br /><br />"Liturgical role (in a service, sacramental or non-sacramental)" <---> "Order attained, in Holy Orders (if possessed by the ecclesial community)" <-william arthurshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447813388196156894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-39022101647206280092022-11-15T11:03:56.007+00:002022-11-15T11:03:56.007+00:00Use of the word parson goes back to the 15th c (i....Use of the word parson goes back to the 15th c (i.e. pre-Reformation) at least - I have encountered it in inscriptions and wills from that century in both Norfolk and Suffolk.Simon Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00067246172213711263noreply@blogger.com