The 1949 General Convention of the Episcopal Church, meeting in San Francisco, approved the publication of a series of Prayer Book Studies. The first two were published in one thin paperback volume in 1950. The series concluded in 1989 with Prayer Book Studies 30: Supplemental Liturgical Texts.[1] Among the thirty, Prayer Book Studies IX: The Calendar is a favorite for a couple of reasons.[2] First, it kickstarted the process of the American Church rethinking the place of historical saints and martyrs. Second, unlike the studies of the calendar that were to follow, this one had four helpful appendices. Number 3 is unique in this series: “Notes on Certain Rejected Commemorations.”
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