Celebrating the Book of Common Prayer since 1986
As we draw once again toward Pentecost, and to the climactic finale of the first half of the Church year, which began with the preparation for the coming of the Lord in Advent, we are meant to find ourselves encouraged and consoled with the assurances shared by St. Peter in today’s epistle.
The Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ is part and parcel of his resurrection, and these are the logical and necessary consequence of his willing and sinless death on the Cross, and the vindication and evidence of his divinity…
The Revd. Canon Dr. Gordon Maitland reflects upon this lectionary, which was widely promoted as an instrument of ecumenism, and points out the flaws in the claims that were made for it.
By the Ven. Brody Albers, Archdeacon of Prince Albert (Diocese of Saskatchewan). He was a PBSC bursary recipient during the three years of his studies at theological college.
The Revd. Robert Porter, rector of St. John’s, shares the fruits of his efforts to bring about this exciting development in his parish.
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Including items from two Canadian Anglican theological giants, the Revd. Dr. J.I. Packer and the Revd. Dr. Robert Crouse.
PBSC National Vice-Chairman the Revd. Chris Dow offers a review of this new resource for daily prayer developed by the ACC, acknowledging its strengths but pointing out its shortcomings in the areas of canticles, doxologies, affirmations of faith, and the psalter.
An address given by Dr. Packer to members of the PBSC on November 2nd, 1996 at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Kitchener, Ontario. Dr. Packer gives a penetrating analysis of the meaning and importance of Scriptural authority.
In this address delivered in Toronto in 2004, Dr. Crouse explains the coherence and interconnectedness of the Bible readings that are appointed in the Prayer Book eucharistic lectionary for Lent and the three Sundays preceding it.
Dr. Jesse Billett of the Faculty of Divinity at Trinity College, Toronto, explains how the 1962 Canadian BCP remains true to the foundational principles of the Anglican way of being Christian, and highlights the theological consensus that was a hallmark of the book.
Read it now: The Book of Common Prayer, “a book so scriptural that it is full of scripture from one end to the other, and built altogether upon it!”
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