"Bishop of Exeter The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. The current incumbent, since 30 April 2014, is Robert Atwell. The incumbent signs his name as his Christian name or forename followed by ""Exon."", abbreviated from the Latin ""Episcopus Exoniensis"" (""Bishop of Exeter""). From the first bishop until the sixteenth century the Bishops of Exeter were in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. However, during the Reformation the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church, at first"
"are addressed, and when approaching an icon. When an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic bishop or priest blesses with the sign of the cross, he holds the fingers of his right hand in such a way that they form the Greek abbreviation for Jesus Christ ""IC XC"". The index finger is extended to make the ""I""; the middle finger signify letter ""C""; the thumb touches the lowered third finger to signify the ""X"" and the little finger also signifies the letter ""C"". When a priest blesses in the sign of the cross, he positions the fingers of his right hand"
"of Exeter from 1050–1072. The ""Missal"" gained its name from the dedication on the first folio (f) that the book was given by Leofric to his cathedral. This is written in an 11th-century scribal hand, that has been identified as originating at Exeter Cathedral. The ""Missal"" consists of three basic sections. The first, named ""A"" by one of the editors of the manuscript, F. E. Warren, is the sacramentary, probably created in the last half of the ninth century. It contains a large initial (f 154 verso (v)) with human and animal heads and interlace that is thought to have"
"same name (""In Exaltatione Sanctae Crucis""), though in English it has been called the feast of the Triumph of the Cross. Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Anglican bishops place a cross [+] before their name when signing a document. The dagger symbol (†) placed after the name of a dead person (often with the date of death) is sometimes taken to be a Christian cross. In many Christian traditions, such as the Methodist Churches, the altar cross sits atop or is suspended above the altar table and is a focal point of the chancel. In many Baptist churches, a large"
"a common seal was required. The seal contained three shields depicting the arms of Exeter along with those of the first chairman and vice-chairman of the council (Lord Clinton and the Earl of Morley). On 11 October 1926, the county council received a grant of arms from the College of Arms. The main part of the shield displays a red crowned lion on a silver field, the arms of Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall. The ""chief"" or upper portion of the shield depicts an ancient ship on waves, for Devon's seafaring traditions. The Latin motto adopted was ""Auxilio Divino"" (""by"
"the family of his wife. The sinister supporter is one of the Finch heraldic griffins, the dexter one is the Courtenay boar. The Courtenay Latin motto is shown underneath: ""Ubi lapsus quid feci"" (""Where did I slip what have I done""). The panel on the right shows the arms of Bishop Peter Courtenay (1432–1492), Bishop of Exeter and Winchester, of the Powderham family. His arms (Courtenay, with a label of three points azure each point of the label charged with three plates for difference) are impaled by the arms of the See of Winchester, which are very similar to the"
"the end of each service, and there may be other benedictions during the course of the service. The final benediction is the dismissal, and will often entail mention of the feast day or saint being commemorated that day. The priest will bless with his right hand, and the bishop will bless with both hands. In both cases, the hand is held so that the fingers form the initials IC XC (the abbreviation for ""Jesus Christ"" in Greek), and at the concluding words he traces the Sign of the Cross in the air with his hand. If a bishop is holding"
"April) 1903, consecrated (ordained) as a bishop on 1 May (by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral) and enthroned and installed at Exeter Cathedral on 5 May; he legally took up the See upon the confirmation of his election, which took place between his election and consecration (i.e. during April 1903). In 1912 Lollards Tower on the Exeter City Wall was rebuilt and several sculpted stone tablets displaying the arms of Bishop Robertson were set into the walls, including one over the arched entrance known as Bishop Carey's Postern. He served as diocesan bishop until 1916, when"
"service, and there may be other benedictions during the course of the service. The final benediction (the dismissal) is the most important, and will often entail mention of the feast or saint being commemorated that day. The priest will bless with his right hand, and the bishop will bless with both hands. In both cases, the hand is held so that the fingers form the initials IC XC (the abbreviation for ""Jesus Christ"" in Greek), and he traces the Sign of the Cross in the air with his hand. If a bishop or abbot is holding his crozier while making"
"bestow blessings, always making the Sign of the Cross therewith. When blessing with the hand, a priest uses his right hand, holding his fingers so that they form the Greek letters IC XC, the monogram of Jesus Christ. A bishop does the same, except he uses both hands, or may hold the crozier in his left hand, using both to make the Sign of the Cross. A bishop may also bless with special candlesticks known as the dikirion and trikirion. When blessing an object, the rubrics often instruct Orthodox bishops and priests to make use of such substances as incense"
"scenes, with Saint Peter and his church and Saint Stephen with his stones on the left leaf, and Saint Paul and his sword and Thomas Becket with mitre and crozier on the right leaf. The outer wings are also engraved with John Grandisson's coat of arms. Grandisson regarded Beckett as a hero and had written a biography of him. John Grandisson, bishop of Exeter from 1327–1369, was a man of education, culture, and capital. This example of medieval English ivory carving is unusual because it is carved with the bishop's emblems. Grandisson changed his family's coat of arms by substituting"
"was installed as bishop on November 28 by Crescenzio Sepe, Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The shield of the bishopric coat of arms consists of three symbols. The golden color represents the faith. The monstrance with the host in the middle of the shield symbolizes the central standing of Jesus Christ. The star in the top left corner stands for Mother Mary. The book to the right is the holy bible, the inspiration for live and work. The motto below ""Fiat voluntas tua"" (Thy Will be done) is the fourth line of the Lord's Prayer."
"depicting a river, sun and beehive, incorporating the academy's mottos; and the ""Lion Rampant"". The seal has similarities to that used by Phillips Academy—an emblem designed by Paul Revere—and its imagery is Masonic in nature. A beehive often represented the industry and cooperation of a lodge or, in this case, the studies and united efforts of Academy students. The ""Lion Rampant"" is derived from the Phillips family's coat of arms, and suggests that all of the Academy's alumni are part of the ""Exonian family"". Exeter has three mottoes on the Academy seal: ""Non Sibi"" (Latin 'Not for oneself') indicating a"
"of Southern Africa includes the rubric ""The Bishop may sign them on the forehead, using at his discretion the Chrism"". The liturgy of the Igreja Lusitana (Anglican Church in Portugal) states at the point of confirmation: """"Os confirmandos ajoelham perante o Bispo. Este pode assinala-los na testa com o sinal da cruz, usando oleo proprio"""" (""The confirmands kneel before the Bishop. He may sign them on the forehead with the sign of the cross, using the proper oil""). The use of chrism in Anglican and Lutheran ordination liturgies is similarly presented as an option in most provinces. In the liturgy"
"in the whole county of Devon, which Chapel contains in addition only the effigies of two Bishops of Exeter. His monument consists of his recumbent effigy sculpted in alabaster, resting on a chest-tomb, showing him dressed in scarlet robes with a court roll in his hand, all within a niche under a Gothic arch. His armorials are displayed on the wall within two cartouches as ""Argent, two pales wavy azure between nine crosses croslet gules"", on either side of his effigy impaled with the arms of his two last wives. Next to this on the east side is an effigy"
"campaign under his tenure and the one of his successor, Bruce Evans. He was followed by Eric Pike, who would be in office from 1993 to 2001. Bethlehem Nopece was elected as the first black bishop of the diocese in 2001, which he was until 29 July 2018. The diocese registered a coat of arms at the Bureau of Heraldry in 1977 : ""Argent, on a cross Gules, between in dexter chief an anchor, in sinister chief a cross moline, in dexter base a clay pot and in sinister base a triangle Sable voided of the field, a lamb couchant"
"a 'very precious' ointment was chosen by the Bishop for his sermon at the consecration on 24 August 1837 of The New Cemetery in Exeter. The occasion was reported enthusiastically in the local newspaper ""The Flying Post"" (31 August 1837): In its language this sermon was most elegant‚ its delivery was a masterpiece of eloquence, and it was one of the most instructive and enlightened discourses that has been heard. In the Foreword to Davies’ biography of Phillpotts, Prof. Norman Sykes summarises the character of the Bishop: Henry of Exeter, like Job’s war-horse, snuffed the battle from afar; and scented,"
"Ward of Exeter on 2 September 1665 (after the restoration of the monarchy). In 1670 the churchyard was consecrated. The consecration caused a little controversy as the bishop wanted to dedicate the church to ""Charles, King and Martyr"". However, Puritan Plymouth was not to be messed with and insisted the church be named according to the letters Patent of 1641 signed in Charles's own hand. (The bishop succeeded in dedicating the Church of King Charles the Martyr in nearby Falmouth.) Francis Porter died in 1675. There followed four ministers until Thomas Martin. Martin completed the tower with a wooden spire"
"Finch, the family of his wife. The sinister supporter is one of the Finch heraldic griffins, the dexter one is the Courtenay boar. The Courtenay motto is shown underneath: ""Ubi lapsus quid feci"" (""Where did I slip what have I done""). The panel on the right shows the arms of Bishop Peter Courtenay (1432–1492), Bishop of Exeter and Winchester, of the Powderham family. His arms (Courtenay with each point of the label charged with three plates for difference) are impaled by the arms of the See of Winchester. The whole is circumscribed by the Garter. The supporters are: dexter, the"
"canopy all made of Beer stone. The colour scheme dates from an early 19th-century restoration since restored again (see below). The effigy is shown ""in pontificalibus"" and holds in his left hand a crozier and in his right hand a book. On the outside of the tomb at his feet is shown a heraldic escutcheon bearing the bishop's arms. On the ceiling of the canopy, invisible to the casual observer, but looking down onto the bishop's effigy is a contemporary painting of Christ displaying his Five Holy Wounds. In 1733 the monument was repaired at the cost of Exeter College,"
"attendance at the religious service of their choice was required of students until 1969, after which religion at Exeter languished until it was revived by a new approach ""as concerned with the religious dimension of all of our lives as it is with the particular religious needs of any one of us."" A renovation of Phillips Church, completed in 2002, provided spaces for worship and meditation for students of diverse religious persuasions. An incident of sexual misconduct that occurred in the basement of the church in late 2015 brought criticism to the school. Exeter has two chief symbols: a seal"
"to be admitted to the Guild. Second, the server accepts and wears the medal as a sign of commitment - commitment to serve regularly: commitment to serve as well as possible. A commitment is a serious promise, and this promise is a serious one because it is made to God and the Church. In the centre the letters XP are the first two letters of the name 'Christ' in Greek. At the top is the crown of victory given by God to everyone who overcomes evil, especially those who die for him. At the bottom are the palm branches, traditional"
"when impaling two arms. Thus, by tradition, a husband's arms occupy the dexter half of his shield, his wife's paternal arms the sinister half. The shield of a bishop shows the arms of his see in the dexter half, his personal arms in the sinister half. King Richard II adopted arms showing the attributed arms of Edward the Confessor in the dexter half, the royal arms of England in the sinister. More generally, by ancient tradition, the guest of greatest honour at a banquet sits at the right hand of the host. The Bible is replete with passages referring to"
"into the Church of England in 1925. He was a curate in Birmingham and at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Brighton. In 1930, he was appointed vicar of St Wilfrid's Church, Brighton. He further served as a Vicar at Hawnby and Shaldon. He was appointed Archdeacon of Exeter in 1951, and a canon residentiary of Exeter Cathedral. Late in his life he wrote ""The Life of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter"". On 18 October 1954, he was consecrated into the episcopate as Bishop of Crediton. In 1958, he resigned as archdeacon and canon of Exeter to"
"the bishop's throne and was created in 1938 by the Exeter woodcarver, Herbert Read. A tablet in the floor by the throne expresses the wish that the statue will ""keep for ever alive the memory"" of Lord William Cecil. Bishop Cecil married on 16 August 1887, Lady Florence Mary Bootle Wilbraham, daughter of 1st Earl of Lathom. They had issue: Lord William Cecil (bishop) Lord Rupert Ernest William Gascoyne-Cecil (9 March 1863 – 23 June 1936) was Bishop of Exeter from 1916 to 1936. He was the second son of Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he"
"For His mercy endureth forever.""). The Confiteor, much shorter than the Roman, contains the name of St. Dominic. The Gloria and the Credo are begun at the centre of the altar and finished at the Missal. At the Offertory there is a simultaneous oblation of the Host and the chalice and only one prayer, the ""Suscipe Sancta Trinitas"". The Canon of the Mass is the same as the Canon of the Roman Rite, but the priest holds his hands and arms differently—for some parts of the Canon, his hands are folded, and immediately after the consecration, for the ""Unde et"
"make the sign of the cross on himself when saying the final phrase, ""omni … gratia repleamur"" (may be filled with every grace and heavenly blessing). In the Tridentine form the priest places his joined hands on the edge of the altar while making the bow, kisses the altar at the words ""hac altaris participatione"" (this participation at the altar), and makes a sign of the cross over the consecrated host at the word ""Corpus"" (Body) and over the chalice with the consecrated wine at the word ""Sanguinem"" (Blood). ""Memento etiam, Domine, famulorum famularumque tuarum N. et N., qui nos"
"ordered much cleaning, colouring, gilding and varnishing in the 1770s and painted the magnificent Bishop's Throne in 1777. He donated three velvet cushions and a new Bible and Book of Common Prayer for use at the altar. In 1772 he had most of the old church plate melted down and re-made, but spared a pair of 1629 flagons and 1693 candlesticks from his renovation. In 1777 he added new pews to the nave to cater for the growing congregations. He was succeeded by Dean Buller. In 1753 when still a prebendary of Exeter he sent out a questionnaire to all"
"arms of the See of Exeter. The whole is circumscribed by the Garter. The supporters are: dexter, the Courtenay dolphin, sinister, the Courtenay boar. The motto beneath is: ""Quod verum tutum"" (""What is true is safe""). Devon and Exeter Institution The Devon and Exeter Institution is a subscription library in the City of Exeter, Devon, founded in 1813 for ""The general diffusion of science, literature and the arts"". It is situated at 7, Cathedral Close, Exeter, in a building facing the north side of Exeter Cathedral which was formerly the Exeter townhouse of the Courtenay family of Powderham Castle. Membership"
"of Dover) was the Bishop's patron by whose direct influence he was created Bishop of Exeter. In his will he names the 4th Baron's daughter Judith Carey as his god-daughter, and bequeathed to Sir John Carey, the 4th Baron's son and heir apparent, the sum of £10 for a mourning ring. He is known to have used the arms of the Carey family of Cockington and Clovelly in Devon (""Argent, on a bend sable three roses of the field""), of which the Barons Hunsdon were a junior branch, but added a ""bordure compony"". He was a graduate of Christ's College,"
"and obedience to me and my successors?Elect: I do.Bishop: May God, who has begun this good work in you bring it to fulfillment.Invitation to PrayerLitany of the SaintsLaying on of Hands: The Bishop first lays hands on the head of each candidate, followed by the concelebrating priests and all the priests present.Prayer of ConsecrationInvestiture with the Stole and ChasubleAnointing of Hands: The Bishop receives the linen gremial and anoints with Sacred Chrism the palms of each new priest as he kneels before him.Procession of the Gifts of Bread and Wine by the relatives of the ordained and Offertory HymnPresentation of"
"Archdeacon of Exeter The Archdeacon of Exeter is a senior ecclesiastical officer of the Diocese of Exeter in the Church of England. The modern diocese is divided into four archdeaconries: the archdeacon of Exeter supervises clergy and buildings within the area of the ""Archdeaconry of Exeter"". The first recorded archdeacon of Exeter occurs in 1083, around the time when archdeacons were first appointed in Britain. Around that time, the Diocese of Exeter was divided into four archdeaconries: Exeter, Cornwall, Totnes (or Totton) and Barnstaple (or Barum). This configuration of archdeaconries within the diocese remained for almost 800 years, until the"
"of Exeter. Bishop of Crediton The Bishop of Crediton is an episcopal title which takes its name from the town of Crediton in Devon, England. The title was originally used by the Anglo-Saxons in the 10th and 11th centuries for a diocese covering Devon and Cornwall. It is now used by the Church of England as the title of a suffragan bishop who assists the diocesan Bishop of Exeter. The present Bishop of Crediton is a title used by a Church of England suffragan bishop who, along with the Bishop of Plymouth, assists the diocesan Bishop of Exeter in overseeing"