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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Jacobs, Alan, 1958-     Subjects     Church of England. Book of common prayer -- History.     Church of England -- Liturgy -- Texts -- History.     Church of England -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800.     Anglican Communion -- Liturgy -- Texts -- History.     Spiritual life -- Church of England -- Prayer-books and devotions.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Jacobs, Alan, 1958-       by title:      The Book of Common P...       by call number:      264.03 J17b     Search the Web     Jacobs, Alan, 1958-     Church of England. Book of common prayer -- History.     Church of England -- Liturgy -- Texts -- History.     Church of England -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800.     Anglican Communion -- Liturgy -- Texts -- History.     Spiritual life -- Church of England -- Prayer-books and devotions.       MARC Display

The Book of Common Prayer : a biography / Alan Jacobs. by Jacobs, Alan, 1958- Princeton University Press, [2013]. Call #: 264.03 J17b Subjects Church of England. Book of common prayer -- History.   Church of England -- Liturgy -- Texts -- History.   Church of England -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800.   Anglican Communion -- Liturgy -- Texts -- History.   Spiritual life -- Church of England -- Prayer-books and devotions. Series Lives of great religious books ISBN:  9780691154817 (hc.) Description:  xiii, 236 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Summary:  "While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, 'Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here.' or 'Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, we may not know that they originated with The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters. Here Alan Jacobs tells its story. Jacobs shows how The Book of Common Prayer--from its beginnings as a means of social and political control in the England of Henry VIII to its worldwide presence today--became a venerable work whose cadences express the heart of religious life for many. The book's chief maker, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, created it as the authoritative manual of Christian worship throughout England. But as Jacobs recounts, the book has had a variable and dramatic career in the complicated history of English church politics, and has been the focus of celebrations, protests, and even jail terms. As time passed, new forms of the book were made to suit the many English-speaking nations: first in Scotland, then in the new United States, and eventually wherever the British Empire extended its arm. Over time, Cranmer's book was adapted for different preferences and purposes. Jacobs vividly demonstrates how one book became many--and how it has shaped the devotional lives of men and women across the globe."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 264.03 J17b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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