An abridged form of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, simplified and easier to follow. It contains the orders of service most often required, and the Psalms. It includes some of the 1928 alternatives, ...

and later in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) 1. O LORD our Governour ... The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. To him that excelleth ...

If you are in a church that uses the Book of Common Prayer and it is the right day, you will hear Psalm 1 begin: “Blessed is ...

A service following the traditional pattern in The Book of Common Prayer of psalms, readings from Holy Scripture and prayers. You are surrounded by history at the Abbey, not like a museum where it’s ...

Vernacular hymns arise early in the Reformation and are given fixed form in English publications like the Book of Common Prayer (1548-59) and Thomas Sternhold s Psalter (1556) or in America the Bay ...