Book of Common Prayer

Originally published by the Prayer Book Society, this attractively illustrated volume brings together the collects of the Book of Common Prayer.

The complete 1662 services in 11-point type, slightly larger than our Standard Edition, in an attractive burgundy imitation leather hardback binding.

This unique edition of the Book of Common Prayer includes the texts of three different versions, 1549, 1559, and 1662, to provide a panorama of the history of ritual in England from the Reformation to the present day. The first edition for the common reader, with full notes and introduction, this is one of the seminal texts of human experience.

A practical guide to using the Book of Common Prayer, without using technical language or assuming prior knowledge. It includes a history and theology of the BCP with practical advice on using its principal services.

A celebration of the 350th anniversary of the publication of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, underlining its current and continuing relevance.

Originally produced for the Church of England in the sixteenth century by Thomas Cranmer, who was burned at the stake upon the accession to the throne of the ardently Catholic Queen Mary, it contains the entire liturgy as first presented in English-as well as some of the oldest phrases to be used by modern English speakers.

An account of the rise and demise of a world classic, which still informs our common language as well as much of the great literature of the last four centuries.