1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition
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Interested in the Book of Common Prayer? The 1662 International Edition from @ivpacademic comes in three formats, and there is a user guide--"How to Use the Book of Common Prayer." And IVP hosts a site with free resources and FAQs.
Do you love the Book of Common Prayer? We have good news for you… The service book and pew format are here! This 1662 International Edition replaces prayers specific to England and gently revises obscure words while preserving the prayer book’s own cadence. Order today!
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Advent is on the way--
Advent is coming! The epistles and gospels in the classic Book of Common Prayer treat Advent as its own season, not just a preparation for Christmas.
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For those planning ahead for the new ecclesiastical year, Easter in 2026 occurs two weeks earlier than in 2025 (5 April), so only 3 Sundays after Epiphany, but 25 Sundays after Trinity, next year. Ash Wednesday 18 February, Ascension Day 14 May, Whitsunday 24 May.
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The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition is 45% off at Amazon. Its Morning and Evening Prayer are the perfect introduction to daily prayer in the Anglican/Episcopal tradition.
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All of the additional resources for 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition are available here-- https://t.co/3Ge5V6lGYQ
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The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition gently updates the classic Anglican liturgical text for contemporary use. Will the international edition be a good fit for your congregation?...
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Want to go further in depth on the readings for the First Sunday in Advent? Do you ever wonder why the traditional gospel for Advent 1 is Jesus cleansing the temple? https://t.co/tQPLThKgNa
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If you want to read more, here's "A Note on the Readings for Advent," one of the free resources hosted by @ivpress for the 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition. https://t.co/wg6T5UHqlH
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Advent is coming! The epistles and gospels in the classic Book of Common Prayer treat Advent as its own season, not just a preparation for Christmas.
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"As Trinitytide draws to a close, around the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, the epistles begin to strike a note of eschatological anticipation." -- "How to Use the Book of Common Prayer"
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Tonight's Choral Evensong from Winchester Cathedral https://t.co/EghAnz5Sy9
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In many Anglican calendars, today is the feast day of Richard Hooker. Here are four prayers for the commemoration of a saint from the Appendix of Additional Prayers in the 1662 International Edition:
It is our wisdom and our comfort; we care for no knowledge in the world but this, that the man hath sinned and God hath suffered; that God hath made himself the sin of men, and that men are made the righteousness of God. --Richard Hooker (Church of the Incarnation, Dallas)
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Their course is the same as ours. They are simply up the road ahead of us, having already reached the “unspeakable joys” prepared by God for all those who “unfeignedly love” him.
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holding on to the faith whose author and finisher is Jesus Christ (Hebrews 12:1-2). But the saints whose example we follow are not utterly unlike us. For we are all “knit together,” as the collect puts it, into “one communion and fellowship.”
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This principle was later extended by the church to “confessors”—those who endured persecution, and sometimes torture, but were not martyred. That principle was gradually extended to more saints who persevered in running the race,
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