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In december 1927, the house of commons met to debate and vote on a revised prayer book that had received the spiritual seal of approval of the voting bodies. It argues that conceptions of national religion were influential in the debates surrou. Maiden is a research assistant at the department of religious studies, the open university. The book of divine worship was published in the united states in 2003 as a liturgical book for their use, composed of material drawn from the proposed 1928 bcp, the 1979 book of common prayer of the episcopal church in the united states of america and the roman missal.

It argues that conceptions of national religion were influential in the debates surrounding liturgical revision, showing in particular how ideas of protestant national identity clashed with both liberal anglican and moderate. In 1927, the work on a new version of the prayer book reached its final form. The anglican prayer book controversy, 1927 1930 volume 33 issue 2 robert currie. The controversy stirred in 1927 8 by the church of englands attempt to have a revised prayer book pass through parliament, in so far as it has received any attention from general historians, has normally been dealt with in a summary fashion. The flood prayer teaches that god has sanctified the element of water to the mystical washing away of sin through our lords baptism in the river jordan. National religion and the prayer book controversy, 1927. It argues that conceptions of national religion were influential in the debates. This historical study focuses upon the sixteen months between february 1927, when the revised prayer book was presented to the.

It argues that conceptions of national religion were influential in the debates surrounding liturgical revision, showing in particular how ideas of protestant national identity clashed with both liberal anglican and moderate anglocatholic. The proposed revision was approved in 1927 by the church assembly but. National religion and the prayer book controversy, 19271928 by. The book of common prayer 1928 was a revised version of the 1662 book of common prayer of the church of england. Book of common prayer bcp is the short title of a number of related prayer books used in the. This historical study focuses upon the sixteen months between february 1927, when the revised prayer book was presented to the convocations, and june 1928, when for a second time it was rejected by the house of commons.

The emphasis throughout is upon the narrative o f events. This is the first full length examination of a defining moment in the history of the church of england in the twentieth century. Taylor, for example, saw the outcry as the echo of dead themes. No one, he supposed, seriously regarded the church of rome, let alone the. For those of us that believe that the theological emphases of the 1979 book are appropriate for people in the late 20th and early 21st centuries this is a splendid opportunity. These wretched miscreants held their muskets against us as we came up to. Location of repository the prayer book controversy 1927 28. National religion and the prayer book controversy, 192728. I must admit that when i first heard about the revision of the prayer book, my.

National religion and the prayer book controversy, 19271928 on. Hands off the prayer book can easily be made a popular cry. The purpose of the rubric is to end the long controversy about vestments by legalising the different usages which at. It is why we do not see the choice between 1928 and 1979 as a matter of taste. Of all the events of the 1920s, the prayer book controversy of 19278 reminds us most poignantly. In this chapter the author examines the role of anglocatholicism in the revision process between the royal commission on ecclesiastical discipline and the. National religion and the prayer book controversy, 19271928. Abstract this historical study focuses upon the sixteen months between february 1927, when the revised prayer book was presented to the convocations, and june 1923, when for a second time it was rejected by the. This study sets the prayer book controversy in the context of early twentieth century british religious history, providing important insights into the history of anglicanism, nonconformity and ideas of english and british identity during the period. Not to be confused with the 1928 book of common prayer of the episcopal church in the united states.