- Savoy Conference
The Savoy Conference of
1661 was a significantliturgical discussion that took place, afterthe Restoration of Charles II, in an attempt to effect a reconciliation within theChurch of England . It was convened byGilbert Sheldon , in his lodgings at the Savoy Hospital in London.It was attended by 12 Anglican
bishop s, and 12 representative ministers of thePuritan andPresbyterian factions. The object was to revise the "Book of Common Prayer ".Richard Baxter for the Presbyterian side presented a new liturgy, but this was not accepted. Shortly afterwards the Anglican church split, with the dissentingNonconformist s largely leaving.In
1662 theAct of Uniformity followed.Publications
* "Order of the Savoy Conference," in Gee and Hardy "Documents Illustrative of English Church History", pp. 588-594 (London, 1896)
* Prof. C. W. Shields, "Book of the Common Prayer . . . as amended by Westminster Divines, 1661" (Philadelphia, 1867; new edition, New York, 1880).
* D. Neal, "History of the Puritans", part iv (New York, 1863)
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