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The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer

Author: Cynthia L. Shattuck
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195297563
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 631

Book Description
This is a survey of the history of the 'Book of Common Prayer', and its descendants throughout the world. The guide shows how a classic text for worship and devotion has become the progenitor of an entire family of religious resources that have had an influence far beyond their use in Anglican churches.

The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer

Author: Cynthia L. Shattuck
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195297563
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 631

The Book of Common Prayer

Author: Alan Jacobs
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691191786
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
"While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know that they originated with The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters. Here Alan Jacobs tells its story. Jacobs shows how The Book of Common Prayer--from its beginnings as a means of social and political control in the England of Henry VIII to its worldwide presence today--became a venerable work whose cadences express the heart of religious life for many.The book's chief maker, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, created it as the authoritative manual of Christian worship throughout England. But as Jacobs recounts, the book has had a variable and dramatic career in the complicated history of English church politics, and has been the focus of celebrations, protests, and even jail terms. As time passed, new forms of the book were made to suit the many English-speaking nations: first in Scotland, then in the new United States, and eventually wherever the British Empire extended its arm. Over time, Cranmer's book was adapted for different preferences and purposes. Jacobs vividly demonstrates how one book became many--and how it has shaped the devotional lives of men and women across the globe"--.

The Book of Common Prayer: Past, Present and Future

Author: Prudence Dailey
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441160418
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
The words of The Book of Common Prayer have worked their way deeply into the hearts and minds of English-speaking people, second only to the English Bible and the works of Shakespeare. This collection of essays seeks not only to explore and commemorate the Book of Common Prayer's influence in the past but also to commend it for present use, and as an indispensable part of the Church's future -- both as a working liturgy and as the definitive source of Anglican doctrine.