Anglicanism in Spain
[3] In the beginning, Spanish Protestantism spread mainly amongst the noble and educated class, due to its close ties with Christian humanism and the reading of the Bible.
[4] A convert to Anglicanism during this period was Tomás Carrascón de las Cortes y Medrano [es], who served as canon of Hereford Cathedral.
Another translation would be made later and would be used by the Spanish congregations in Gibraltar led by Lorenzo Lucena Pedrosa [es] during the 19th century.
He watched closely the result of the revolution, and witnessed the expression of the Spaniards of their desire for more in the spiritual realm than Rome had to offer.
[8] On 11 June 1871, 1,200 persons gathered at the newly-opened Church of San Basilio for the first public service led by the Rev.
The opening sentences from morning prayer, the general confession and absolution, the Venite, the Litany, the thanksgiving, and a few of the collects had been translated into Spanish.
After a series of difficulties raised by the authorities, the church was eventually opened on 5 November with a service, which included prayers read by the Rev.
The reports from Seville stated that 70 individuals were presented in a communicants' class at San Basilio, and 300 children were under instruction in the schools.
[15] In March 1880, the first Synod of the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church was held in Seville, and was attended by delegates from the congregations in other cities.
[18] A Prayer Book was also published in 1881 for use in the SREC, under the title of Oficios Divinos y Administración de los Sacramentos y otras Ordenanzas en la Iglesia Española.
After a careful examination of the churches, he reported the progress of the work as "the Bible is becoming better known; publications of a Scriptural character are now earnestly bought; the young are being trained in the knowledge of God, and there is a real and deep desire to hear the oral preaching of the Gospel of Christ."
Palomares and his congregation welcomed Abram Newkirk Littlejohn, Bishop of Long Island, during his visit to Seville.
[24] When these "Bible-house" Christians learned that a congregation of reformers had been formed at Salamanca, they sent a commission inviting the Pastor to visit them.
Their printer's shop-turned-chapel at the Calle de la Madera Baja was a small, old and uncomfortable building to worship.
[27] The laying of the foundation stone took place on 19 March 1891 in the Calle de la Beneficencia,[28] with a very simple ceremony and very few persons present, because of the ban on public demonstrations of the Dissenting Church.
In November 1892, notice was given to the Society in London that the neo-Gothic church building was completed and ready for the opening, and Lord Plunket decided to visit Madrid for the consecration, but it was postponed until 1893.
[30] In 1906, with the arrival of Pastor Daniel Regaliza Aguado of Villaescusa, the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church was established in Valencia.
The need to form a church in Valencia came from the desire of the Bishop Juan Bautista Cabrera, born and educated in this region, but also from the interest of a foreign family named "MacAndrew" residing in this city.
The parish name would be changed to "Church of Jesus Christ" (Iglesia de Jesucristo) after the Spanish Civil War.
As they were left without premises, they had to return to the previous house on Corona Street and continued to serve the congregation until 1943, one year after Regaliza's death.
It was raised to cathedral status in 1842, with the creation of the Diocese of Gibraltar which covered a vast area stretching from Portugal to the Caspian Sea.
[32] In 1864, a small chaplaincy was appointed to the British Embassy in Madrid, and services were held in a private house by Rev.
