Celebrating the Book of Common Prayer since 1986
The 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
Some Observations on the Daily Offices A Paper Delivered at Okenagan University, August 8, 1995 The Rt. Rev’d Anthony Burton My talk this afternoon is essentially a plea that Anglicans should have serious second look at the classical offices ofRead more
Although this address was delivered by the Revd. Kevin Holsapple of Bangor, Maine to the Eastern Newfoundland Branch of the Society back in 1995, it still resonates with down-to-earth wisdom, insight and humour.
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This book was produced in 1989 by the Association for Common Prayer, to encourage a renewed appreciation of the spiritual richness of the Prayer Book. It contains reflections on the services in the BCP, written by various members of the Association.
Read moreAn address delivered to the Essentials ’94 Conference in Montreal. Dr. Crouse urges that “fundamental to any genuine renewal of Christian life in our church and ourselves must be a renewal in the essential Christian virtues of faith, hope and charity”.
Read moreIn this essay, published in “The Machray Review” in 1994, Dr. Crouse reflects upon the Anglican tradition of prayer as “an habitual language of devotion, rich with associations… deeply engraved upon minds and hearts … thoroughly biblical in its images and inspiration”.
Read moreThe Solemn Declaration: The Net of Memory by David Curry Memory: Our Sense of Who We Are One of our Nova Scotian writers, Ernest Buckler, has wonderfully observed that “the net of memory has a mesh all its own. EventsRead more