The Book of Common Prayer: A Guide
Published on 1. November 2020
256 pages
978-0-19-068971-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Book of Common Prayer is a remarkable book, a sacred book in more than one sense. It is primarily a liturgical text, meant to be used in corporate worship, and at the same time a literary landmark, a cultural icon, and a focus of identity for Anglican Christianity. This brief, accessible account of the Prayer Book, as it is often called, describes the contents of the classical version of the text, with special emphasis on the services for which it has been used most frequently since it was issued in 1662. Charles Hefling also examines the historical and theological context of the Prayer Book's origins, the changes it has undergone, the controversies it has touched off, and its reception in England, Scotland, and America. Readers are introduced to the political as well as the spiritual influence of the Book of Common Prayer, and to its enduring place in English-speaking religion.
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Charles Hefling was a professor of systematic theology at Boston College for thirty years and served as editor-in-chief of The Anglican Theological Review. He has also taught at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, and in the Diaconal Formation Program of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. He holds three degrees from Harvard University and was ordained to the ministry of The Episcopal Church in 1974.
Content
Introduction
PART I: CONTENTS
1: Divine Service
2: Preambles: Time and the Prayer Book
3: Occasional Services
4: Preambles: "But One Use"
PART II: CONTINUITIES
5: Beginnings
6: Settling In
7: Disruption
8: Establishment
9: The Golden Age
10: Recessional
PART III: CONTEXTS
11: The Prayer Book Printed
12: The Prayer Sung
Appendix 1: Vesture
Appendix 2: The Anglican Communion
