A Commentary on the Prayer Book Author:Richard Adams General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1876 Original Publisher: J. Masters Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Christianity / Denominations Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Boo... more »ks edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: RULES TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS AND HOLY-DAYS BEGIN. Feasts and Holy-Days are two names for the same things. They are called Feasts because the Feast of the Holy Supper is partaken of in a more than usually solemn manner on these days, and because the faithful are allowed additional secular enjoyment; Holy-Days, not because they are in themselves holy, (Rom. xiv. 5,) but because the Church has set them apart for special holy duties, and thus made them holy. Easter Day (on which all the rest depend.) The chief of all the festivals. See Notes,« less