Author : The Rev. Kenneth Ray Orsburn, Jr.
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329213084
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Saint Alban Breviary by : The Rev. Kenneth Ray Orsburn, Jr.
Download or read book The Saint Alban Breviary written by The Rev. Kenneth Ray Orsburn, Jr. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the course of the English Reformation the Church of England revised the liturgy of the church. Matins, Lauds, and Prime were compressed into the office of Morning Prayer while Vespers and Compline were compressed into Evening Prayer, while Terce, Sext, and None were eliminated. Liturgical revision has restored some offices; in addition, numerous breviaries have been created. However, many of these breviaries serve only to restore the offices in their ancient complexity, rather than in the theological spirit of Archbishop Cranmer while many modern prayer books have diverged from classical Prayer Book Anglicanism. This work is a response to these issues, the continued complexity of Anglican breviaries in the modern context and their theological discontinuity with the original task of liturgical revision. It is to these ends, simplicity and theological conformity to the original Prayer Book tradition, that this simplified Anglican breviary has been compiled.