Scholarly Articles

Unchurching Common Prayer David Curry “He was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God” There is the religion of Jesus in the heart, the religion of sentiment and feeling. There is, too, the religion ofRead more

The Eucharistic Heart of the Prayer Book David Curry The eucharistic lectionary is at the heart of the Common Prayer tradition. The Collects, Epistles and Gospels comprise the largest part of the classical Book(s) of Common Prayer (from 1549 –Read more

“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

The 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

A 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.

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

The 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