Across

1 Move before church to get some bacon (6)

5 Argument once leading to reformation (8)

9 Spark perhaps beginning to go for Archangel (5)

10 Chap maturing is able to cope (8)

11 I had a little house somewhere in America (5)

12 Fatherly act with spirit renewed (9)

15 Getaway involves area dean — exciting adventure (8)

17 Hesitate to take new role involving modern technology (6)

18 Girl left carrying a book in church (6)

20 School subject shattering my ego most of term (8)

22 Mozart, avoiding extremes, somehow finds notes with sudden emphases (9)

23 Magi’s mysterious letter in Greek (5)

26 Had meal around middle of day and got going (8)

28 Endless strain ruined stringed instrument (5)

29 Put off performance to entertain the gutless bishop (8)

30 A bit of the Bible making one disinclined (6)

Down

2 Place for pilgrimage could make us older (7)

3 “. . . and the hollow of Jacob’s_____ was out of joint, as he wrestled with him” (Gen.32:25, AV) (5)

4 Paschal offering conveys such an aura of sanctity (4)

5 Wood helping to make chapel magnificent (3)

6 Singers study variation of lost art (10)

7 Month in Spain for old archbishop (9)

8 Man on French island is one outside religious group (7)

13 Old archdeacon’s coming in, getting repaid (7)

14 Lo, here at each end of ark surprisingly find fungus! (3,7)

16 Guarantee finding saints in distinctive atmosphere joining new Anglican church (9)

19 Arouse faith in men? Fail miserably (7)

21 Comments about Matthew’s successor (7)

24 Non-conformist leanings revealing fibre (5)

25 Judah’s king covers one huge area (4)

27 Some candidates were just good enough (3)

Diagonal

1-31 Abandon embracing virtue in an expression of disgust (3,8,4)

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