The (Omitted) Imprecatory Psalms
Should They be Wiped Out of the Book of the Living? Restoring the Omitted Portions of the Imprecatory Psalms: The Revd. Chris Dow explains the rationale for offering this new option in the BCP app.
Read moreRedeeming the Time, Part 3
The third of three essays written in 2015 by the Revd. Gordon Maitland, PBSC National Chairman, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Book of Alternative Services in 1985. This part focuses on the language of worship.
Read moreRedeeming the Time, Part 2
The second of three essays written in 2015by the Revd. Gordon Maitland, PBSC National Chairman, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Book of Alternative Services in 1985. This part focuses on the liturgical scholarship underlying the book.
Read moreRedeeming the Time, Part 1
The first of three essays written in 2015 by the Revd. Gordon Maitland, PBSC National Chairman, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Book of Alternative Services in 1985. This part contains an overview of developments within the church over those 30 years.
Read more“Common Prayer” and “Common Worship” are not the Same
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 moreBAS Evaluation Submission
Submission to the Book of Alternative Services Evaluation Committee By the Prayer Book Society of Canada QUESTIONS PUT BY THE SUB-GROUP ON THEOLOGICAL ISSUES. November, 1991 PREFACE There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, orRead more