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Dec 23, 2020 · Fourth, there’s a pattern in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, and once you know what it is, it makes every service come alive. The services start bleak and cold—with sin, judgment, law—and then move to forgiveness and grace, and then end with thanksgiving and peace. J.I. Packer has written about this in his guide to the 1662 edition of the ...
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Given the perimeters of his perspective and the brief nature of an introduction, Jacobs provides in many ways an admirable account. He’s written a concise, compelling narrative that reaches from 16th century England to the current global Anglican community. At times he shows remarkable sensitivity to the subject matter for a non-specialist. He righ...
At many other points, however, the thinness of Jacobs’s learning in the field is evident. For example, Cranmer was associated with Jesus College, Cambridge, not Jesus College, Oxford (39). King Henry’s reform program was not erratic, but principled Erasmian humanism (11–12). Cranmer first commissioned the contributions to the Book of Homilies in 15...
Failing to appreciate the pulse of Cranmer’s liturgical work, Jacobs accepts the decline of its influence on modern Anglican liturgies. After all, for Anglo-Catholic liturgical scholarship it’s self-evident that following the ancient shape of Eucharistic action is best. Yet, the Reformation Anglicanism of Cranmer and Hooker actually points in a dif...
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The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is a landmark document of the Anglican tradition and the English language. Its unique rites, formulations, and collects are suffused with Biblical quotation and allusion. This resource ports scriptural concordances and commentaries of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer for easy exploration, so that anyone can learn more.
Feb 14, 2017 · The 1662 version of the prayer book, which altered its biblical quotations to reflect the King James Bible, served as the standard edition for Canadian Anglicans until 1922, when the General Synod of the Church of England in Canada authorized a new version with minor clarifications and corrections. A more substantial revision emerged in 1959 ...
its Book of Common Prayer have been constantly borne in mind. The aim throughout has been to set forth an order which the people may use with under-standing and which is agreeable with Holy Scripture and with the usage of the primitive Church. And always there has been the understanding that no altera-
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Oct 30, 2012 · An exquisite Deluxe Edition of the Anglican prayer book and literary masterpiece commemorating the 350th anniversary of the 1662 edition intimately familiar to our most enduring writers As essential to the canon as the Bible and the plays of Shakespeare, The Book of Common Prayer has been in daily use for centuries. Originally produced for the ...
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Jan 13, 2019 · Put simply, the Book of Common Prayer is the comprehensive service book for Anglican churches (churches that trace their lineage back to the Church of England) worldwide. It shapes both how Anglicans worship and what Anglicans believe. It has also shaped Christian worship in the English language for almost 500 years.
