Ship of Fools: Archdeacon vs bishop?

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Posted by Dan BD (# 16559) on :

Lo all,

Happy St Stephen's to all and a merry after-Christmas break to our overworked clergy.

Has anyone else heard the story that the archdeacon of Ely was forbidden (forbade?) from the entering Isle of Ely due to an ancient quarrel between an archdeacon of ely and his bishop? (That was why he lived in Cambridge.)

Or is that bollocks?

Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :

The thread's title made me wonder if there were tickets available to watch, thinking of Clergy Mixed Martial Arts. Sounds like a good idea. They wouldn't use an octagon, they'd fight in a sanctuary.

Or maybe they could fight with bishops' shillelaghs or whatever they call their sticks, akin to Filipino martial arts. I'd also like to hear them taunt each other.

Posted by John D. Ward (# 1378) on :

quote:
Originally posted by no prophet:
bishops' shillelaghs or whatever they call their sticks

Crozier

Posted by Honest Ron Bacardi (# 38) on :

Dan BD

Is this (link) the matter you were thinking of?

[ 27. December 2012, 16:25: Message edited by: Honest Ron Bacardi ]

Posted by Gee D (# 13815) on :

quote:
Originally posted by no prophet:
The thread's title made me wonder if there were tickets available to watch, thinking of Clergy Mixed Martial Arts. Sounds like a good idea. They wouldn't use an octagon, they'd fight in a sanctuary.

IIRC (but from the dim and distant past) the lantern of Ely Cathedral is octagonal.

Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :

The Church-English dictionary defined "archdeacon" as "the crook at the head of a bishop's staff."

Posted by Dan BD (# 16559) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Honest Ron Bacardi:
Is this (link) the matter you were thinking of?

Ta, Ron. I think it must be. Someone else linked me there on facebook, but I'm damned if I fully understand exactly what the book is on about...

Posted by Vulpior (# 12744) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
The Church-English dictionary defined "archdeacon" as "the crook at the head of a bishop's staff."

Yes, I remember that. I still have the book.

Posted by Dal Segno (# 14673) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Dan BD:
Has anyone else heard the story that the archdeacon of Ely was forbidden (forbade?) from the entering Isle of Ely due to an ancient quarrel between an archdeacon of ely and his bishop? (That was why he lived in Cambridge.)

Yes. I heard it from the previous archdeacon of Ely. An ancient quarrel that led to it being traditional for the archdeacon to live in Cambridge. The ancient quarrel doesn't affect the working relationship between the present incumbents.

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