Society of SS. Peter and Paul

The Society of SS. Peter and Paul (SSPP) was an English Anglo-Catholic publishing company, sometimes mistakenly thought to have been in the tradition of Anglican Papalism.^[1]^[2] It was established in 1911 as a reaction to the works of the Anglican priest and liturgist Percy Dearmer, particularly The Parson's Handbook which advocated a liturgical style allegedly distinct to England, and rooted in the Sarum rite.

The society believed that the Church of England should follow the ceremonial development of the Western (Roman) Church, using the eucharistic rite of the 1549 Book of Common Prayer "enriched ceremonially and ritually from parent sources",^[3] and that the best means to accomplish this was to produce missals and other prayer books to promote and facilitate this endeavour.

The SSPP worked closely with the ecclesiastical artist Martin Travers to produce the desired aesthetic for the movement.^[4]^[5]

The society was responsible for the Anglican Missal, a liturgical book still used by some Anglo-Catholics and other high-church Anglicans.^[6]

References

^ Yates, Nigel (1999). Anglican ritualism in Victorian Britain, 1830-1910. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. pp. 361–362. ISBN 0198269897. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
^ Dunstan, Petà (2009). The Labour of Obedience : the Benedictines of Pershore, Nashdom and Elmore : a History. Norwich: Canterbury Press in association with the Anglo-Catholic History Society. p. 18. ISBN 978-1853119743. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
^ Preface to Pictures of the English Liturgy, Volume One, High Mass, SSPP, London, 1922.
^ Rodney Warrener; Michael Yelton (2003). Martin Travers, 1886–1948: An Appreciation. Unicorn Press. ISBN 978-0-906290-70-5.
^ Michael Yelton (2016). Martin Travers: His Life and Work. Spire Books. ISBN 978-1-904965-52-7.
^ Lula, Daniel J. F. (1 November 2003). "The Anglican Divine Office, 1552 to 2003". The Anglican Breviary. Retrieved 30 June 2015.