The Book of common prayer

Continuum

2011

vi, 203 p.

Includes bibliographical references

9781441128188

Foreword: HRH The Prince of Wales -- Section 1. The history of the Book of common prayer -- A perusal of the history of the Book of common prayer / Neil Patterson -- English society, religion and the Book of common prayer / Raymond Chapman -- From Cranmer to Bancroft: the origin of the Book of common prayer 1549-1604 / David Loades -- Section 2. The language of the Book of common prayer -- Through all the changing scenes of life: living with the prayer book / P. D. James -- Something understood / David Curry -- The prose and poetry of the Book of common prayer / Ian Robinson -- Section 3. Worshipping with the Book of common prayer -- Like eagles in this life: a theological reflection on 'The order for the administration of the Lord's supper or holy communion' in the prayer books of 1559 and 1662 / Gavin Dunbar -- The Bible in the prayer book: the place, the text, the teaching and the interpretation of the Bible in the Book of common prayer / Roger Beckwith -- The lectionaries in the Book of common prayer / David Phillips -- The Book of common prayer in a mixed liturgical economy / Peter Moger -- Section 4. Mission and the Book of common prayer -- 1662 - our evangelical future? / C. Peter Molloy -- What really drives Anglican mission? / George Sumner -- Inspiring young people with the Book of common prayer / Frederick Arvidsson -- Postscript -- A very present help in trouble / Terry Waite -- Afterword / The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Richard Chartres, Bishop of London

Review: "The words of The Book of Common Prayer have worked their way deeply into the hearts and minds of English-speaking people, second only to the English Bible and the works of Shakespeare. This collection of essays seeks not only to explore and commemorate the Book of Common Prayer's influence in the past but also to commend it for present use, and as an indispensable part of the Church's future -- both as a working liturgy and as the definitive source of Anglican doctrine." -- Publisher's description

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