Research guides: Book of Common Prayer: Secondary Works: General

Secondary Works: General

The Book of Common Prayer by Brian Cummings
ISBN: 9780198803928
Publication Date: 2018
General survey. Volume in the popular A Very Short Introduction series from Oxford University Press.
The Book of Common Prayer by C. K. Robertson
ISBN: 9781594735240
Publication Date: 2013
Selections organized by themes such as "Blessings in Times of Joy and Pain," "Called to Serve" and "Praise and Petition"--with facing-page commentary.
Book of Common Prayer by Alan Jacobs
ISBN: 9780691154817
Publication Date: 2013
Shows how 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. Demonstrates how one book became many--and how it has shaped the devotional lives of men and women across the globe.
Using the Book of Common Prayer: a Simple Guide by Paul Thomas
ISBN: 9780715142769
Publication Date: 2012
Practical guide explains how to use the Book of Common Prayer in a way that is accessible and informative. Introducing this central tradition of Anglican worship without using technical language or assuming prior knowledge, it is intended as a beginner's guide for ordinands and readers, especially those for whom the Prayer Book tradition may be alien. Part 1 of the book offers a general introduction to the history, theology and liturgical character of the BCP. It also explores the place and meaning of common prayer within the Anglican tradition. Part 2 offers general practical advice on the principal services of the BCP, how to use them, and where flexibility is permitted. Using the Book of Common Prayer will help
The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer by Charles Hefling & Cynthia Shattuck
ISBN: 0195297563
Publication Date: 2006
Comprehensive guide to the history and usage of the original Book of Common Prayer and its numerous descendants throughout the world. It shows how a seminal text for Christian worship and devotion has inspired a varied family of religious resources that have had an influence far beyond their use in the churches of a single tradition. In it experts from every part of the globe and every branch of Anglicanism, as well as from the Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Methodist, and Unitarian traditions, provide an examination of The Book of Common Prayer and its lineage. Describes how Anglican churches at all points of the compass have developed their own Prayer Books and adapted the time-honored Anglican liturgies to their diverse local cultures. Includes a brief look at "electronic Prayer Books".
The Prayer Book : a theological conference held at St. Peter's Cathedral, Charlottetown, P.E.I., June 25th-28th, 1985. by Charlottetown, P.E.I. : St. Peter Publications,
Publication Date: [1985]
Contents : The Book of Common Prayer in Historical and Theological Perspective (by Robert D. Crouse); Reply to Fr. Crouse's Paper (by Eric MacDonald); The Prayer Book and Devotional Life (by Richard U. Smith);Reply to Fr. Smith's Paper (by David Ousley); Doctrinal Instrument of Salv ation: The Use of Scripture in the Prayer Book Lectionary (by David P. Curry); Reply to Fr. Curry's Paper (by Peter W. Harris); The Prayer Book and Evangelical Doctrine (by Roger Beckwith); Reply to Mr. Beckwith's Paper (by Wayne J,. Hankey); Pastoral Implications of Prayer Book Revisions (by David Ousley); Reply to Fr,. Ousley's Paper (by Dale A. Petley); Summary of the Conference (by Robert D. Crouse). Appendices : Eucharistic Doctrine in the Prayer Book (by Robert D. Crouse); The Church of Sweden (by John Paul Westin).
The Prayer Book Through the Ages by William Sydnor
ISBN: 0819215090
Publication Date: 1997
An exploration of the history of the Book of Common Prayer and its revisions, beginning with the 1549 English Prayer Book and continuing up to the present. This revised and expanded version of The Story of the Real Prayer Book (this book's original title) finishes the story of the final adoption of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. Sydnor explores why each revision was necessary, what was changed, added, omitted, as well as what was retained in the "new" book. By understanding the delicate balance between the need for change and the preservation of what is timeless.
The prayer book : our praying confession by Carolyn Westin
ISBN: 0969851723
Publication Date: 1994
An address given to a meeting of the Toronto Branch [of the Prayer Book Society of Canada] held on ... October 1st, 1994 in ... Wycliffe College, Toronto.
Understanding the Prayer Book : a commentary by The Association for Common Prayer
ISBN: 0969125356
Publication Date: 1989
Commentary on the Holy Communion service in the BCP by The Rev. Canon Dr. Robert Crouse. For full text see http://www.prnd.ca/prndholycommunion.html
Study Guide Prayer Bk Spiritua by Edwd
ISBN: 0898691834
Publication Date: 1990-01-01
Brings together selections from the most important of devotional commentaries authored by many Anglican writers related to the Prayer book.. Classical Anglican sources from 1552 on are included.
History of Anglican Liturgy by G.J. Cuming
ISBN: 0333306619
Publication Date: 1982
Classic treatment.
The architectural setting of Anglican worship : an inquiry into the arrangements for public worship in the Church of England from the Reformation to the present day . by G.W.O. Addleshaw and Frederick Etchells.
Publication Date: 1948
The English rite; being a synopsis of the sources and revisions of the Book of Common Prayer, with an introd. and an appendix. by F.E. Brightman
Over 1000 pages are devoted to a synopsis or parallel column view of the editions of 1549, 1552, and 1661.
What did Cranmer think he was doing? by Colin Buchanan.
ISBN: 090753631X
Publication Date: 1982
Short treatment of how Cranmer created the first English Communion Rites during the period 1548-1552, and how they reflected Reformation thinking, and responded to comment and experience at the time.
The godly order : texts and studies relating to the Book of Common Prayer by Geoffrey Cuming.
ISBN: 0281040591
Publication Date: 1983
Anglican liturgies of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by W. Jardine Grisbrooke
Publication Date: 1958
Includes texts of communion offices of the Scottish liturgy of 1637, the liturgies of Jeremy Taylor, Edward Stephens, William Whiston, and John Henley, the Nonjurors' liturgies of 1718 and 1734, the liturgy of Thomas Rattray, and the Scottish communion office of 1764.
Prayer book revision in England, 1800-1900 by Ronald Claud Dudley Jasper
Publication Date: 1954
The Anglican spiritual tradition by John R.H. Moorman
ISBN: 0232514550
Publication Date: 1983
The Identity of Anglican Worship by Kenneth Stevenson; Bryan D. Spinks
ISBN: 0819215783
Publication Date: 1991
Anglican devotion : studies in the spiritual life of the Church of England between the Reformation and the Oxford Movement by C.J. Stranks.
Publication Date: 1961
The liturgy in English by Bernard Wigan.
Publication Date: 1962
English prayer books : an introduction to the literature of Christian public worship by Stanley Morison
ISBN: 9780521142526
Publication Date: 2009
Written by the respected typographer Stanley Arthur Morison (1889-1967), examines the history of the various liturgical books used in public worship in England, from their origins in apostolic times to the later stages of their development in the middle of the twentieth century. Using the books themselves as the first source of critical enquiry, draws attention to the rich history of change underlying church liturgies and throws light on a subject too often neglected in the study of Christian sacred texts.
The Rise and Fall of the Incomparable Liturgy by Bryan D. Spinks
ISBN: 9780281076055
Publication Date: 2017
Concentrates on 1559 until the Report of the Royal Commission in 1906, which paved the way for liturgical revision.

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