Portal:Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer is the short title of a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion, as well as by the Continuing Anglican, "Anglican realignment" and other Anglican churches. The original book, published in 1549 (Church of England 1957), in the reign of Edward VI, was a product of the English Reformation following the break with Rome.
Versions edit
- Book of Common Prayer (versions page)
- Book of Common Prayer (1892), a transcription of the original 1662 manuscript
- Book of Common Prayer (ECUSA), based on the 1979 Episcopal Church of the United States of America edition
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Reference edit
- "Book of Common Prayer," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Prayer, Book of Common," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)