The Book of Common Prayer: The Three Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Its Publication in English

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Página 13 - was written in Hebrew before Christ came into the world, and the New Testament was written in Greek soon after He ascended into heaven. Those who had learned these languages could read the sacred
Página 18 - the ancient services. Besides this, before the end of the reign of Henry VIII., in 1544, a Litany was prepared in English for popular use, which is almost exactly the same as our present Litany; and very soon after Edward VI. became king, an English " Order of the Communion "was published—this was in
Página 18 - it. There had been books of private devotion, called " Primers," which had in them Psalms and prayers and short Bible readings in English; and after the invention of printing these had become fairly common ; so that intelligent men and women knew parts of some
Página 15 - Europe. But, as in the case of the Bible, they were at first naturally, and after that unfortunately, in Latin; only there was this difference, that they were liable to be changed and were changed as time went on, until the daily services,
Página 19 - again set forth, care being taken to commend it to the judgment of all sober-minded English people, and to unite, as far as possible, the advantages of the first and the second Prayer Books of Edward VI. Since that time the
Página 13 - and to study about it, by learning all we can of its history and meaning. We shall find that it is one of the most interesting of all books, as well as one that is full of instruction and help.
Página 13 - are in use in the United States, and tens of millions in England and her colonies; each of these copies is a teacher, and many of them are missionaries; and the book has a strong influence for good on the
Página 18 - the blessing of the Holy Ghost. And so it is that, though there was almost nothing new in the English Prayer Book, yet as a Prayer Book in English it dates from Whitsunday, three hundred and fifty years ago.

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