The Book of Common Prayer

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This is the Scottish Episcopal Church edition of The Book of Common Prayer.

It should be close enough for most uses to the 1662 English version.

I've reformatted it gently.

This is still a project in process. Last update:

Wed Aug 10 22:09:10 EDT 2022

Contents

The Preface

Concerning the Service of the Church

Of Ceremonies, why some be abolished, and some retained

The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read

The Order how the rest of the Holy Scripture is appointed to be read

Tables of Proper Lessons and Psalms

The Kalendar, with the Table of Lessons

Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts through the whole Year

The Order for Morning Prayer

The Order for Evening Prayer

The Creed of St Athanasius

The Litany 35

Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several occasions 44

The Collects, Epistles and Gospels to be used at the Ministration

of the Holy Communion, throughout the Year 68

The Order of the Ministration of the Holy Communion both Scottish

and English 271, 302

The Order of Baptism both Public and Private 332, 341

The Order of Baptism for those of Riper Years 348

The Catechism 358

The Order of Confirmation both English and Scottish 366, 369

The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony 373

The Order for the Visitation of the Sick, and the Communion of the

Sick 385, 396

The Order for the Burial of the Dead 398

The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth 416

A Commination, or denouncing of God's anger and judgements against

sinners 419

The Psalter 428

Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea 619

The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of

Bishops, Priests, and Deacons 634

Forms of Prayer for the Anniversary of the day of Accession of

the reigning Sovereign 677

A Table of Kindred and Affinity 688

Articles of Religion 689

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Title

The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy

Author

Church of England

Release Date

August 6, 2009 [EBook #29622]

Language

English

Produced by Elaine Laizure. This file was produced from

images generously made available by The Internet

Archive/American Libraries.

Title Page

THE BOOK OF

COMMON PRAYER

AND

ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS AND OTHER RITES

AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH ACCORDING TO

THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

TOGETHER WITH

THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID

POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES

AND THE FORM OR MANNER OF MAKING ORDAINING AND

CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS

AND

THE SCOTTISH LITURGY

AND THE PERMISSIBLE ADDITIONS TO AND DEVIATIONS

FROM THE SERVICE BOOKS OF

THE SCOTTISH CHURCH

AS CANONICALLY SANCTIONED

EDINBURGH

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 100, PRINCES STREET

_Approved, on behalf of the College of Bishops of the Episcopal Church in Scotland_,

W: BRECHIN:

_Primus_ _November_, 1912

NOTE.--The portions of this book which are marked by a marginal

line are permissible additions to and deviations from the Service

Books of the Scottish Church as canonically sanctioned. The

Scottish Liturgy, and the additions and deviations, are copyright

of the Episcopal Church in Scotland.

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