Letter to the editor: Room with a view

Notes: "Matthew Zachariah's uplifting letters (pun intended !) in February's Journal ('No eucharist alike', p. 5) concerning the raising of the consecrated lost for the faithful's adoration during the celebration of eucharist, prompted me to share these photos from the beautiful, 14th-century All Saints' Anglican Church, Swanton Morley, in Norfolk, England. They show the little spy hole Sanctus window, above the chancel arch, which allows bell ringers in the ringing chamber to look down into the chancel at the high altar so they can ring the bell at this critical point in the service. This predominantly Latin rite, though still used in some 'high' Anglican churches, was to signify to those in the village not present at the mass the supernatural event taking place at the altar. Our church, St. John the Divine, Quick, B.C. (featured for the month of September in the 2015 Canadian Church Calendar), was built 100 years ago as a memorial to the Rev. Edward Lombe, rector of All Saints', Swanton Morley, from 1863 to 1895, and was paid for entirely by his wife, Mary". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: All Saints Anglican Church (Swanton Morley, Eng.); St. John the Divine Anglican Church (Quick, B.C.); Sanctus bell; Eucharist (Liturgy); Church bells; Lombe, Edward