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GENERAL
Books of Common Prayer
Chad Wohler's comprehensive and superb site, with an emphasis on ECUSA's various
BCPs (1786–1979) but with extensive links to other prayer
books used within the Anglican Communion.
Anglican Book Centre
This shop in Toronto, run by the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada,
has arguably the world's best collection of prayer books from around the world.
1549
At Christ Church, Oxford
Closely
related to the 1549
The First Act of Uniformity (of Edward VI) 1549 (2 & 3 Edward VI, c.
1)
The Collects of Thomas Cranmer, edited by C. Frederick Barbee and
Paul F. M. Zahl From the publisher's notice: 'Published on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer, The
Collects of Thomas Cranmer presents in its original form and order the prayed theology of Anglicanism. This theology is not only
decisive for the much debated question of "Anglican identity," but it also represents a unique moment in the history of Christianity'.
ISBN 0-8028-3845-6
1549 and 1552 Books of
Common Prayer: the Communion Service
The link takes you to the home page of this good site; click on 'liturgy' to go to the prayer books, which include a side-by-side comparison
of the Eucharistic liturgy.
1559
1559 Book of Common Prayer
The full text of the 1559 Book of Common Prayer.
Closely related to the 1559
A comprehensive site on the remarkable and much-loved English poet,
George Herbert. It includes an imaginative
presentation of the 1559 Communion service, with links to
Herbert poems at appropriate places. (Beware of the music.)
1662
1662 Book of
Common Prayer
This graphically pleasing site has the full text of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer along with a few supplemental links.
1928 (ECUSA)
1928
Book of Common Prayer (ECUSA)
This site contains Morning and Evening Prayer offices with links to the King James Version and the 1928 prayer book Psalter for both speed
and ease of use. Abbreviated Daily Offices are also posted and linked, together with the Ordinal, Catechism, and so on.
1979 (ECUSA)
1979 Book of Common Prayer (ECUSA)
This is a downloadable DOS program containing the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. It's shareware, which means you try it out for free, and if
you like it and want to continue to use it, you pay the author a nominal registration fee.
1979 Book of Common Prayer (ECUSA) in Hawaiian
MISCELLANEOUS
National
Public Radio (USA) on the Book of Common Prayer
Scott Simon offers a brief tribute to the BCP, tying it in to the American Thanksgiving holiday. (RealAudio, about three minutes long.)
Translations into
unusual languages
Project Canterbury hosts online versions of a dozen or so
translations of the Book of Common Prayer. Languages include Ainu, Cashmiri, Mohawk, and Telugu.
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