Trinity Sunday

Trinity Sunday

Trinity Sunday. The first Sunday after Pentecost or Whitsun. Its observance as a celebration embracing God in all three Persons was universally enjoined in the W. in 1334. Sundays are reckoned after Trinity in the Sarum Missal and in the BCP and not after Pentecost as was usual in the Roman rite until 1969.

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Trinity Sunday

Trinity Sunday first Sunday after Pentecost , observed as a feast of the Trinity. It was an innovation in medieval England and spread through the Western Church in the 14th cent. The Sundays until Advent are counted from either Pentecost or Trinity.

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Trinity Sunday

Trinity Sunday. In W. Christian churches, the first Sunday after Pentecost. Its observance was made binding on the Church by Pope John XXII in 1334.

In the Book of Common Prayer the Sundays until Advent are numbered ‘after Trinity’.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Trinity Sunday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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