Trinity Sunday - Anglican practice, Dates for Trinity Sunday, Famous composers celebrate the Trinity

In the Christian Church, the Sunday after Whitsunday, observed in honour of the Trinity. It was introduced by Pope John XXII in 1334 to mark the end of the feast days commemorating the life of Christ.

Trinity Sunday
Observed by	Western Chritians
Type	Christianity
Date	Sunday after Pentecost
Celebrations	The Trinity
Related to	Pentecost Advent

Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar.

Trinity Sunday is celebrated in all the Western liturgical churches: Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran and Methodist.

The Thursday after Trinity Sunday is observed as the Feast of Corpus Christi, except in the United States and Spain, when it falls on the following Sunday instead.

Anglican practice

The Creed of Saint Athanasius (quicunque vult), part of the Book of Common Prayer, although not often said, is said in certain Church of England churches only on Trinity Sunday.

Traditionally, the Book of Common Prayer counts the remaining Sundays of the liturgical year until Advent as "Sundays after Trinity". Some Anglican churches still reckon Sundays this way, while others, such as the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) now refer to them as "Sundays after Pentecost".

Dates for Trinity Sunday

Trinity Sunday is the Sunday following Pentecost, and eight weeks after Easter Sunday.

2002: May 26 2003: June 15 2004: June 6 2005: May 22 2006: June 11 2007: June 3 2008: May 18 2009: 7 June 2010: 30 May 2011: 19 June 2012: 3 June 2013: 26 May 2014: 15 June 2015: 31 May 2016: 22 May 2017: 11 June 2018: 27 May 2019: 16 June 2020: 7 June

The earliest possible date is May 17 as in 1818 and 2285.

Famous composers celebrate the Trinity

Johann Sebastian Bach composed a number of chorales relating to the Second Sunday of the Great Trinity. Bischof

BWV 2 - "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein"

Category: Cantatas Subcategory: Church Movements: Chorus: Ach, Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein Recitative (tenor): Sie lehren eitel falsche List Aria (alto): Tilg, o Gott, die Lehren Recitative (bass): Die Armen sind verstort Aria (tenor): Durchs Feuer wird das Silber rein Choral: Das wollst du, Gott, bewahren rein Instrumentation: choir (alto, tenor, bass), orchestra (trombone, oboe, violin, cello, continuo) Year: 1724 Occasion: Second Sunday after Trinity Text adapted from hymn by Martin Luther (adaptation of 12th psalm) English Text: Complete Vocal Works - Z.