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A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer

A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer

by William Reed Huntington

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Author
Huntington, William Reed, 1838-1909
Credits
Produced by Elaine Laizure
Language
English
LoC Class
BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements
Subject
Episcopal Church. Book of common prayer
Category
Text
eBook-No.
30136
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30136
Release Date
September 30, 2009
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
  2. 2.BY — WILLIAM REED HUNTINGTON D. D. D. C. L.
  3. 3.NEW YORK THOMAS WHITTAKER — THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS, RAHWAY, N. J.
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.INTRODUCTORY NOTE. — A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.
  6. 6.A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. — I. ORIGINS.
  7. 7.II.
  8. 8.II. REVISION OF THE AMERICAN COMMON PRAYER.[1]
  9. 9.THE BOOK ANNEXED: ITS CRITICS AND ITS PROSPECTS.[36] — LIMITATIONS. — SPECIAL CRITICISMS. — THE MOTIVE OF THE EFFORT AFTER REVISION.
  10. 10.II.
  11. 11.THE STANDARD PRAYER BOOK OF 1890.
  12. 12.THE MEANS TO THE END.
  13. 13.IMPROVEMENTS.
  14. 14.III. — RESOLUTION I. — RESOLUTION II.
  15. 15.RESOLUTION III.
  16. 16.RESOLUTION IV.
  17. 17.RESOLUTION V.
  18. 18.RESOLUTION VI.
  19. 19.RESOLUTION VII.
  20. 20.RESOLUTION VIII.
  21. 21.RESOLUTION IX.
  22. 22.RESOLUTION XI.
  23. 23.RESOLUTION XII.
  24. 24.RESOLUTION XVI.
  25. 25.RESOLUTION XVIII.
  26. 26.RESOLUTION XX.
  27. 27.CONCLUSION.
  28. 28.NOTE. — THE BEATITUDES OF THE GOSPEL.
  29. 29.APPENDIX: — SERMONS BEFORE AND AFTER . — APPENDIX. — PERMANENT AND VARIABLE CHARACTERISTICS OP THE PRAYER BOOK.
  30. 30.THE OUTCOME OF REVISION—A SERMON[98] — COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ADDITIONS MADE TO THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AT THE SEVERAL REVISIONS SINCE 1549.
  31. 31.NOTES

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