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The Prayer Book Through the Ages
A Revised Edition of the Story of the Real Prayer Book
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Artikel-Nr:
9780819215093
Veröffentl:
1997
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.05.1997
Seiten:
174
Autor:
William Sydnor
Gewicht:
181 g
Format:
203x136x11 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
William Sydnor was an Episcopal priest and a long-time rector of Christ Church in Alexandria, VA. He is the author of The Prayer Book Through the Ages and Looking at the Episcopal Church. He died in 2000.
An exploration of the history of the Book of Common Prayer and its revisions, beginning with the 1549 English Prayer Book and continuing up to the present. This revised and expanded version of The Story of the Real Prayer Book (this books original title) finishes the story of the final adoption of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. Sydnor explores why each revision was necessary, what was changed, added, omitted, as well as what was retained in the new book.