An Introduction To The History Of The Successive Revisions Of The Book Of Common Prayer Classic Reprint

Author : William Reed Huntington
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ISBN 13 : 9781518711053
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer written by William Reed Huntington and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The earliest Christian disciples having been themselves Hebrews, nothing could have been more natural than their moulding the worship of the new Church in general accordance with the models that had stood before their eyes from childhood in the old. The Psalms were sung in the synagogues according to a settled principle. We cannot wonder, then, that the Psalter should have continued to be what in fact it had always been, the hymn-book of the Church. Moreover, they had in the synagogue besides their psalmody a system of Bible readings, confined, of course, to the Old Testament Scriptures." -William Reed Huntington "Will be of special interest to the devout Episcopalian, who, 'holding fast to the form of sound words' found in his Prayer-Book, desires to know where this form came from, and to whether any changes are now desirable. The author gives an extended account of its origin and its successive alterations from 1549 to 1892. He then discusses, quite at length, the question of Revision of the American Common Prayer, with the reasons for and against. The last part is devoted to 'The book annexed; its Critics and its Prospects.' The discussion is scholarly, reverent and courteous, and places the reader fully in possession of all the important facts in the case." -Public Opinion: A Comprehensive Summary of the Press Throughout The World, Volume 14, 1892 "The why and the wherefore of the changes made in the standard prayer book are treated comprehensively, the origin and vicissitudes of the book are shown graphically, and the whole subject is treated in a clear and concise manner, making this volume of surpassing interest to everyone at all interested in American Church life and work. Dr. Huntington had much to do with the work of revision, having been one of the most earnest and conscientious workers in the enrichment of the American book of common prayer. He recurs to that great central thought in his life's work, the adaptability of the Episcopal Church to the American genius; its great and leading position as the solvent in the midst of conflict and sectarianism. He makes earnest inquiry as to the end of revision, as to what it is done for and what it is to accomplish. The reader will find this book a most valuable contribution to the literature of the 'American Church problem' and as such it should have a wide and careful perusal." -Boston Transcript, April, 1893 CONTENTS I. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer: I. Origins, II. Vicissitudes, II. Revision of the American Common Prayer, III. The Book Annexed: Its Critics and its Prospects, Appendix: I. Permanent and Variable Characteristics of the Prayer Book--A Sermon Before Revision, 1878. II. The Outcome of Revision, 1892. III. Tabular View of Additions Made at the Successive Revisions, 1552-1892.