Celebrating the Book of Common Prayer since 1986
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”.
Read moreA series of reflections by the Revd. Dr. Thomas H. Curran on some of the most memorable phrases in the Prayer Book. These essays are drawn from a booklet published in 1996 by the Nova Scotia and PEI branch of the PBSC.
Read moreDr. Crouse gives a thorough but accessible explanation of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer’s teaching as to how Christ is present in the Holy Communion and about the nature of the eucharistic sacrifice, praising Cranmer’s “profound and precise Biblical and Patristic scholarship”.
Read moreThe Solemn Declaration and the Place of Holy Scripture by Professor David Lyle Jeffrey, FRSC I. The Solemn Declaration of 1893 expresses a commitment to unity of the Canadian with the English Church, of Toronto with Canterbury. Expression of that unityRead more
A sermon preached by Dr. Crouse in 1996 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the PBSC, commending the Society’s work in upholding the BCP as “the distinctive glory of Anglicanism” and as a means of unifying the church.
Read moreThe Prayer Book and Revision David Curry Anglicans who support the Prayer Book should support in principle the idea of Prayer Book Revision. After all, the 1962 Canadian Prayer Book is itself the product of revision– the last and onlyRead more
Something Understood: Doctrine in Devotion David Curry Prayer, in George’s Herbert’s rich and comprehensive phrase, is “something understood”. It concludes his poem on prayer, Prayer (I). But more than a concluding statement, it is really the ordering principle of theRead more