Season of Trinity

Beginning with Trinity Sunday, we do something that is peculiar to Anglicanism, and we may note that it was St. Thomas Becket who directed the regular observance of Trinity Sunday throughout the realm.

Looking back, Anglicans follow the Sarum custom which emphasizes the Feast of the Trinity, while Rome follows the Gallican custom, relegating the Feast of the Trinity to a position equal to that of a Saint's Day.

It is notable that the Roman Church numbers the Sundays following Pentecost until Advent as "Ordinary Time," while Anglicans number the Sundays from Trinity until Advent as Sundays in the Season of Trinity.

We Anglicans are a stubborn lot, and stick to a tradition that typically reflects our English religious heritage, and divides the liturgical calendar into two periods: Advent to Pentecost, during which we observe the historical Christ, and Trinity to Advent, as a period of instruction on our Catholic Faith.