Celebrating the Book of Common Prayer since 1986
“FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL” (Col. 1:1-14) The Revd. Ed Hird The Revd. Ed Hird was ordained in 1980. He served in the parishes of St. Philip’s, Vancouver, and St. Matthew’s, Abbotsford, before becoming the rector of St.Read more
From the writings of Dr. Robert Crouse: An address given in Toronto in 1999, on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the first Book of Common Prayer. Dr. Crouse demonstrates how catholic the Prayer Book was and is, in its continuity with the living tradition of the Church.
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From the writings of Dr. J.I. Packer: An address given in Toronto in 1999, on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the first Book of Common Prayer. Dr. Packer speaks eloquently on the firm Biblical rootedness of the Prayer Book and its “infinite power to feed the soul”.
Read moreFrom the writings of Dr. J.I. Packer: An address given in Toronto in 1999, on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the first Book of Common Prayer. Dr.Packer speaks eloquently on the firm Biblical rootedness of the Prayer Book and its “infinite power to feed the soul”.
Read moreThis was a joint statement issued in 1998 by the English, American, Canadian and Australian Prayer Book Societies, upholding the general concept of common prayer.
Read moreThe Daily Offices by A.G. Hebert The Prayer-book orders that “all Priests and Deacons are to say daily the Morning and Evening Prayer, either privately or openly,” and that “the Curate that ministereth in every Parish-church or Chapel . .Read more
The Devotional Useof the Book Common Prayer by David Robarts I must preface this paper by raising the question of ‘use’: that which shaped the Anglican Communion, giving it coherence, pattern, and continuity. The Book of Common Prayer has beenRead more
Good Manners: The Place of Public Language by Kenneth Hamilton Manners Makyth Man. The motto of William of Wykeham’s Winchester College is well known, but the idea it expresses is not much in circulation in these days and probably seemsRead more
The End of the Liturgical Movement and the Recovery of Biblical Worship: An Anglican Perspective Bishop Anthony Burton Throughout Christian history various liturgical movements have come and gone, each shaped by the theological climate of its day. In the earlyRead more
This article appeared in the July 1996 issue of the PBSC Newsletter. In it, Dr. Crouse shows how the Trinitytide readings in the BCP lectionary lead us “into an ever deeper and clearer perception of Christian truth and the essentials of Christian life”.
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