Reformed Churchmen: "The Book of Common Prayer" as Amended by Westminster Divines, 1661 A.D.

Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Sunday, July 21, 2013

"The Book of Common Prayer" as Amended by Westminster Divines, 1661 A.D.

A must-read that forever disproves the false notion that Westminster Divines were not Prayer Book Churchmen. For those schooled in the old Anglican Prayer Book, he or she will be at home at once. What is so wonderful is the insertion of the "Westminster Shorter Catechism" in the catechetical section. Old school Presbyterians will recognize it at once while the Anglicans will be clueless here; conversely, Scots-American Presbyterians will not know the BCP liturgy while the Anglicans will be right at home. One side tossed the Westminster standards in the disaster of 1662 and the other side tossed the Prayer Book...proof of manifold foolishnesses in English, Scottish and American history.

http://www.archive.org/stream/bookofcommonpray00shie

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