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The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is the name given to a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christian churches historically related to Anglicanism.
The Book of Common Prayer, a compilation of the church’s liturgical forms originally issued in 1549, represents the faith’s independence from Rome and remains the hallmark of Anglican identity. The prayer book derives from ancient English spirituality and embodies the uniqueness of Anglican Christianity.
Huntington traces the origins and development of liturgical worship from the temple of Solomon to the English Reformation. He explains how the Prayer Book condensed and combined the Breviary, Missal, and Ritual of the medieval Church.
The English Book of Common Prayer is one of the most interesting and instructive subjects of devotional and historical study. It is the first book, comprising all the offices of the Church and also forms of private devotion, which was established as a complete liturgy by the ad of the state.
‘The making of the Book of Common Prayer’ explains the complexity of its structure and sources, describing Cranmer’s role in its creation and how policy on religion wavered back and forth during Henry VIII’s reign.
The Book of Common Prayer is the official book of worship for the Church of England and the various Anglican and Episcopal Churches around the world. The first Book of Common Prayer was introduced in England on Whitsunday (Pentecost) 1549.
17 gru 2020 · This book surveys the contents and the history of the Book of Common Prayer, a sacred text which has been a foundational document of the Church of England and the other churches in the worldwide community of Anglican Christianity.
