During the First World War, Archdeacon Ernest Albert Asquith’s ministry was considered in a military-service case. The Church remembers this episode as part of its early public life.
From the historical record
Original passage in English
The British Government recognised the FPEC when it exempted from military service the Venerable Ernest Albert Asquith PhD, as a lawfully ordained minister / in Holy Orders of a legally constituted Episcopal Church, under the Military Service Act 1916.
The Worshipful Magistrate arrived at this conclusion after investigating the origin of the Orders of the Church and the services used for ordinations and consecrations which were based on the 1662 Book of Common Prayer
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