This is is a 4-page booklet in Adobe's PDF format with information on Lent designed for people new to liturgical churches. It was created by this site's webmaster, Frank.
Liturgical Resources Online
The Book of Common Prayer
The 1549 Book of Common Prayer
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer oversaw the creation of this first book of common prayer.
The 1552 Book of Common Prayer
The second prayer book created under Cranmer as archbishop.
Parrallel Version of the
First and Second Prayer Books of Edward VI
Links for Seminarians has online a
parallel version of the communion services of 1549 and 1552, so that a side by side
comparison can be made between the Book of Common Prayer 1549 and the Book of Common
Prayer 1552..
The 1559 Book of Common Prayer
The prayer book of Elizabteh I and the Elizabethan Settlement. This was the prayer book of
John Donne, Richard Hooker, and William Shakspeare.
The 1662 Book of Common Prayer
The English Book of Common Prayer of 1662 in html format. It is also available as text and .PDF files through a site run by the
Reformed Episcopal Church.
The Proposed
1786 US Book of Common Prayer
The proposed American prayer book.
The 1789 US Book
of Common Prayer
The first prayer book created for use by the Episcopal Church in America. Prior to that,
the 1662 English prayer book remained in use.
The 1892 US Book of Common Prayer
The 1928 US Book of Common
Prayer
The above link is to the 1928 prayer book as html files (web formated). The 1928 prayer book in .PDF format is also
available.
The 1979 US Book of Common
Prayer
This is the current prayer book used by the Episcopal Church in America.
Common Worship
This site gives a lot of information and .PDF downloads of the latest liturgical resource
for the Church of England. Common Worship replaces the 1980 Alternative Service Book (ASB)
in use in many churches. The 1662 Prayer Book also remains authorized for use in the
Church of England.
Lectionary-Related Sites
An Anglican's Daily
Lectionary Online
This website links the daily readings to readings from The New American Bible's Commentary
or Forward Day by Day.
Online Daily Office
This site offers the daily office, including the readings, in html. Also included are the
daily offices for each day of the week from the popular New Zealand Book of Common Prayer.
The Lectionary Page
Episcopal lectionary texts online for each quarter. Click on the date and get the readings
for Sunday and the saints days.
When Will
It Be Read?
This site lets you find when a given passage will be used in the Episcopal lectionary.
Other Liturgy-Related Sites
Celebrating
Advent in the Home
This is an 8-page booklet in Adobe's PDF format with an Advent Wreath Service and other
suggestions for use in celebrating Advent in the Home. It was created by this site's
webmaster, Frank Logue.
Keeping a Holy Lent
This is is a 4-page booklet in Adobe's PDF format with information on Lent designed for
people new to liturgical churches. It was created by this site's webmaster, Frank.
Supplemental Liturgical
Materials
A report from the ECUSA Standing Liturgical Commision which gives the text of Supplemental
Liturgical Materials for use during the next triennium.The additional canticles are located here at Links for Seminarians.
Prayer Book Society of Canada
This page has great information and links. They also plan to offer the complete Canadian Book of Common Prayer
(1962) online. Some of the prayer book is already online.
Service
of the Word
This is a non-eucharistic Sunday service from Church of Ireland.
A Service for Today's Church
John G. Mason in consultation with others produced a new form of service which seeks to be
Biblical and user-friendly. It was approved by the Archbishop of Sydney. Read about the
service, then download the text of the 64-page booklet. It is available in Rich Text
Format and as a Word 6 for Windows file.
An Anglican Liturgical
Library
This site, created by Simon Kershaw, has a great collection of liturgy online. It is
predominately Church of England related.
This site was created and is maintained by Frank Logue, Diocesan Missioner for Camden County, Georgia. The site was originally developed when Logue was a Master of Divinity student at the Virginia Theological Seminary. Email any additions, suggestions, or corrections to Frank.
Created August 25, 1997.
Liturgical links page last updated February 23, 2001.