Glossary of Terms
Quadragesima
Archaic term for the forty days of Lent or the First Sunday in Lent. See Pre-Lent season.
Quaerite Dominum
Canticle 10 of the BCP (pp. 86-87), also known as the Second Song of Isaiah, based on Is 55:6-11. Many OT scholars identify the author of this canticle to be […]
Quicunque Vult
See Athanasian Creed.
Quincy, Diocese of
The 1877 General Convention voted to divide the Diocese of Illinois into three dioceses. The three dioceses are Quincy, Springfield, and Chicago. The Diocese of Quincy includes the following counties: […]
Quinquagesima Sunday
See Pre-Lenten Season.
Quintard, Charles Todd
(Dec. 22, 1824-Feb. 15, 1898). Bishop and Educator. He was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and attended Trinity School in New York. In 1847 Quintard received his M.D. degree from University […]
Quire
See Choir.
Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from “An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians,” Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.