The book of common prayer : a guide / Charles Hefling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hefling, Charles, 1949- author.

Contributor:

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Guides to sacred texts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglican Communion--Liturgy--Texts--History.

Anglican Communion.

Anglican Communion--Liturgy--Texts.

History.

Church of England. Book of common prayer.

Church of England.

Book of common prayer (Church of England).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 319 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York , NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"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. The Prayer Book is primarily a liturgical text - a set of scripts for enacting events of corporate worship. As such it is at once a standard of theological doctrine and an expression of spirituality. The first part of this survey begins with an examination of one Prayer Book liturgy, known as Divine Service, in some detail. Also discussed are the rites for weddings, ordinations, and funerals and for the sacraments of Baptism and Communion. The second part considers the original version of the Book of Common Prayer in the context of the sixteenth-century Reformation, then as revised and built into the Elizabethan settlement of religion in England. Later chapters discuss the reception, revision, rejection, and restoration of the Prayer Book during its first hundred years. The establishment of the text in its classical form in 1662 was followed by a "golden age" in the eighteenth century, which included the emergence of a modified version in the United States. The narrative concludes with a chapter on the displacement of the Book of Common Prayer as a norm of Anglican identity. Two specialized chapters concentrate on the Prayer Book as a visible artifact and as a text set to music"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. CONTENTS

One. Divine Service

Two. Preambles: Time and the Prayer Book

Three. Occasional Services

Four. Preambles: "But One Use"

II. CONTINUITIES

Five. Beginnings

Six. Settling In

Seven. Disruption

Eight. Establishment

Nine. The Golden Age

Ten. Recessional

III. CONTEXTS

Eleven. The Prayer Book Printed

Twelve. The Prayer Book Sung.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Hefling, Charles, 1949- The Book of common prayer

ISBN:

9780190689681

0190689684

9780190689698

0190689692

OCLC:

1159603472

Publisher Number:

99986141338