The Book of Common Prayer

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A Prayer for the Clergy and People The Book of Common Prayer

A prayer from the sixteenth-century Book of Common Prayer.

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The Comfortable Words The Book of Common Prayer

Four short passages from the New Testament appointed to be read aloud in the English Book of Common Prayer of 1549.

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A Collect for Trinity Sunday

A Prayer for the Sunday after Whit Sunday.

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By Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

A Collect for Easter Day The Book of Common Prayer

A short prayer from the Book of Common Prayer, for the day of Christ’s resurrection.

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From the Catacomb of Domitilla, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

A General Confession The Book of Common Prayer

A short prayer from the Book of Common Prayer, for use at morning and evening.

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From the Evangelistary of Godescalc (fl. 781-783), via Wikimedia Commons. ? Public domain.

The Apostles’ Creed The Book of Common Prayer

A short declaration of faith, from the early years of the Western churches.

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By Laurits Tuxen (1853-1927), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

A Prayer for the King’s Majesty The Book of Common Prayer

A prayer for the King, from the sixteenth-century Book of Common Prayer.

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