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drbobcornwall's review against another edition
3.0
While the Episcopal Church in the US is struggling, it appears Anglicanism as a larger concept is thriving in America. Thus, the need, apparently, for a slightly edited/updated version of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. The 1662 BCP is the last official prayerbook for the Church of England as Parlament hasn't been able to approve a replacement. Thus, this book that was produced after the Restoration of the monarchy in England continues to reign supreme. Like the 1928 American BCP, this one has a certain aura about it. It's not up-to-date in its language. It sounds holy (with the thees and thous present).
This is called an international edition as it is designed to be used across a larger Anglican community. If that is you, then you will enjoy it.
As a historian of the Church of England, I find it a useful resource to keep on hand.
This is called an international edition as it is designed to be used across a larger Anglican community. If that is you, then you will enjoy it.
As a historian of the Church of England, I find it a useful resource to keep on hand.
jmccyoung's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
Personally, I would have preferred am original spelling version but modernized was arguably less distracting. If you read this book, be advised that there are both brief footnotes - primarily glosses on archaic vocabulary - *and* more substantial endnotes. There's a good history of the 1559 book following the edition proper, going back to the Edwardian prayer books and forward to the 1662, discussing their textual and doctrinal relationship.
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