From the Archives: Worship in an Era of Permanent Change By Leonel L. Mitchell Edited and introduced by Richard Mammana Jr. In 1964, Leonel Lake Mitchell (1930-2012) became the first person to receive a Th.D. in liturgical studies from an Episcopal seminary whe... Read More...
From Law to Grace: The Gospel in the Holy Eucharist By John Deepak Sundara As I grew up, it was fairly common to hear the Summary of the Law, right after the Collect for Purity, at the very beginning of the Holy Eucharist. It says: Hear what our Lord Jesus ... Read More...
Holy Desire and Good Counsel By John Bauerschmidt Cranmer’s 1549 prayer book, and subsequent editions, continued the use of a collect first found in the eighth-century Gelasian sacramentary, one identified by the 1559 version as a “collect for peace.” Designated by the prayer book for ... Read More...
A Peaceful Night and a Perfect End By Eugene R. Schlesinger When I first discovered the Book of Common Prayer as a young evangelical Christian, I quickly determined that Compline was among its greatest treasures. In particular, the final anti... Read More...
Living as Salt & Light By Bryan Owen I had the good fortune of growing up next door to my grandmother. Her name was Lily Pearle. Does it get any more Southern than that? Grandmama’s house was a refuge whenever I needed a getawa... Read More...
Common Prayer in America’s Religious Free-Market By David Ney Contrary to popular opinion, America was not founded by Puritans. It was founded by many religious groups, including Anglicans. Indeed, the Church of England was the first denomination to plant its foot in the New World. Anglican services were ... Read More...
A Proposal for the 81st General Convention Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part 4 By Matthew S. C. Olver This is the final essay in my four-part series on the place of the Book of Common Prayer in the Episcopal Church, the establishment... Read More...
An Explanation and an Exploration of 2022-A059 Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part Three By Matthew S. C. Olver General Convention Resolution 2018-A068 directed the Task Force on Liturgical and Prayer Book Revision (the absurdly abbreviat... Read More...
