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Thomas Cranmer’s introduction to the first <i>Book of Common Prayer</i> (1549) underscores the purposes for which it was prepared: to restore the centrality of Scripture in worship, to provide an “order for prayer” consistent with early Christian worship, to simplify medieval practice and make the book easier to understand and use, and to establish unity of practice across the English Church (see the <i>Book of Common Prayer</i> 2019, page 794). Central to this project was worship in English, a language understood by the people (<i>Articles of Religion</i> 24). In the long run, this was a book that could be used not only by clergy or in the church building, but also in the home--especially the [[Daily Office]]. It provided a holistic spiritual system, a grammar for prayer, and a pattern for Christian practice. Finally, it offered a fundamental statement of Anglican theology. 

Candidates will be expected to have read through the <i>Book of Common Prayer</i> 2019, observing not only what the prayers say, but also how the liturgies are to be conducted, according to the rubrics and "Additional Directions" to various rites.

==Recommended Reading==

The Book of Common Prayer:  A Biography by Alan Jacobs

==Areas of [[Liturgics]]==

# [[History of Christian Worship]]
# [[Content and use of The Book of Common Prayer]]
# [[Daily Office]]
# [[Corporate and Private Prayer]]
# [[Sacramental Theology]]
# [[The Holy Eucharist]]
# [[Baptism and Confirmation]]
# [[Marriage and Children]]
# [[Rites of Healing]]
# [[Death and Burial]]
# [[Sanctification of Time]]
# [[Sanctification of Space]]
# [[Liturgy and Music]]
# [[Liturgy and Mission]]

==[[Canonical Areas]]==