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The Place of the Prayer Book in the Western Liturgical Tradition*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Massey H. Shepherd Jr
Massey H. Shepherd Jr
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Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass.
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The theme of this address, in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the First Book of Common Prayer, may be stated in the words of the late Miss Evelyn Underhill:

Anglican worship is a special development of the traditional Christian cultus; and not merely a variant of Continental Protestantism. … It forms, with the Bible or Lectionary, the authorized Missal and Breviary of the English branch of the Catholic Church. Its use is obligatory, and its contents declare in unmistakable terms the adherence of that Church to the great Catholic tradition of Christendom and the general conformity of its worship to the primitive ritual type.

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Research Article
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Church History , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , March 1950 , pp. 3 - 14
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Copyright © American Society of Church History 1950

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