Across
1 Carmelites with RAF rise high (5,6)
7 British choir changed end of canticle (7)
8 Sudden calamity nearly destroyed Rome (7)
10 Sunniest merry journalist probes the nature of the Trinity (10)
11 Rector wearing kippa? (4)
13 In rage, visitor ignores Sabbath (8)
14 Letters from authors, especially hacks? (6)
17 People framing very large round window (6)
19 Greek character with fruit for Paul’s addressee (8)
22 Scene of miracle involving a lot of water? (4)
23 Second Coming? Run RE groups differently in case (10)
25 Dynamic duo and bishop work out Japanese code (7)
26 Patriarch bringing Alberta cheer in the morning (7)
27 Impolitic pixie needn’t reform (11)
Down
1 Footballer takes shot (7)
2 Cyprus supports popular pope reducing harshness (10)
3 Tiny tree flourishing forever (8)
4 Thickset alumnus in reddish brown (6)
5 Minor prophet unwrapped triangular pastry (4)
6 Islanders Sally Army laments (7)
7 Tearful type is fat (7)
9 Tear often seen in cemetery (3)
12 Pontiff catches alert rook fluttering in a cottonwood? (6,4)
15 What Jesus wants me for could be busman filled with energy (7)
16 Tense poet, missing mass, died (8)
18 Sinuses troubled African Muslim (7)
20 French painter Edouard captures church (7)
21 Make good pottage with half of recipe for stew initially (6)
22 Mug of beer almost upended (3)
24 Following setter has (4)
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