The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is the traditional and well loved prayer book of the Anglican Church, used daily in homes and churches throughout the world. Its phrases and vocabulary are widely ...

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is not only used daily for public worship and private prayer but its liturgical excellence has won it a special place in the evolution of English language and literature ...

The prayer books are in English rather than Latin when it was "new and contentious", said Mr Croft, adding they could have been "dangerous". "Just a few miles away in Canterbury, Protestants were ...