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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”.
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This 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”.
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”.
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