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Pages : 42
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Protestantism and the Prayer Book. By the author of the “Autobiography” in the “Church and the World.”
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Pages : 42
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The Book of Common Prayer
Author: Alan Jacobs
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691191786
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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"While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know that they originated with The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters. Here Alan Jacobs tells its story. Jacobs shows how The Book of Common Prayer--from its beginnings as a means of social and political control in the England of Henry VIII to its worldwide presence today--became a venerable work whose cadences express the heart of religious life for many.The book's chief maker, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, created it as the authoritative manual of Christian worship throughout England. But as Jacobs recounts, the book has had a variable and dramatic career in the complicated history of English church politics, and has been the focus of celebrations, protests, and even jail terms. As time passed, new forms of the book were made to suit the many English-speaking nations: first in Scotland, then in the new United States, and eventually wherever the British Empire extended its arm. Over time, Cranmer's book was adapted for different preferences and purposes. Jacobs vividly demonstrates how one book became many--and how it has shaped the devotional lives of men and women across the globe"--.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691191786
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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"While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know that they originated with The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters. Here Alan Jacobs tells its story. Jacobs shows how The Book of Common Prayer--from its beginnings as a means of social and political control in the England of Henry VIII to its worldwide presence today--became a venerable work whose cadences express the heart of religious life for many.The book's chief maker, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, created it as the authoritative manual of Christian worship throughout England. But as Jacobs recounts, the book has had a variable and dramatic career in the complicated history of English church politics, and has been the focus of celebrations, protests, and even jail terms. As time passed, new forms of the book were made to suit the many English-speaking nations: first in Scotland, then in the new United States, and eventually wherever the British Empire extended its arm. Over time, Cranmer's book was adapted for different preferences and purposes. Jacobs vividly demonstrates how one book became many--and how it has shaped the devotional lives of men and women across the globe"--.
The Christian Witness and Congregational Magazine
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Pages : 502
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The British Quarterly Review
Author: Henry Allon
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Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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The London Quarterly & Holborn Review
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Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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The London Quarterly Review
Author: William Lonsdale Watkinson
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Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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London Quarterly Review
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Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Pages : 610
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The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900: Press to Qwist
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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