The Book of Common Prayer

by Episcopal Church in the United States of America

The 1928 revision to the Book of Common Prayer of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

Genres: Theology, Reference, Christianity, Religion, Prayer, Christian, Spirituality

1008 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1928

Reviews

[Rev. Thomas]

The last American Prayer Book to be firmly within the classical Anglican tradition of Common Prayer, the 1928 BCP was in many ways the culmination of that tradition. Doctrinally and liturgically following in the lineage of the English Books of Common Prayer (1549-1662), it also incorporates – from its predecessors the 1789 and 1879 American BCPs – the research and meditation on Patristic and Eastern Orthodox liturgical theology conducted by the Scottish Non-Jurors of the 18th century, who gave us our first Bishop and our first Eucharistic liturgy. I believe it to mark the pinnacle of the classical Anglican Common Prayer tradition.

[Derek]

The Book of Common Prayer that enshrines our reformed Anglican Doctrine set forth in prior editions for the Anglican Church in these United States. It has since been replaced by a semi-hetetical and rather Ariminian version (1979), suppressed by "bishops" and relegated to use by "fringe loonies" a.k.a. orthodox Anglicans.

Can't reccomend it enough.

It's use has been mostly discontinued in the Episcopal church, but one can still find "1928 parishes" if one looks hard enough. It's use also continues in the fractious world of Anglo-alphabet soup known as "the continuum" and in legitimate Canterbury communion churches in the U.S.

[Susanne]

A beautiful American edition of the Book of Common Prayer using the Scriptures of the Great Bible of 1540 which precedes the King James Version by 71 years. This Book of Common Prayer follows hard on the heels of the British 1662 BCP, albeit Americanized.

A classic devotional for those who love older Scripture editions and wish to read through the entire Bible in a year as well as read through the Psalms every month. Collects (weekly prayers) follow the Christian Year from Advent through Ordinary Time.

[Tami Close]

This is a great, God honoring, book to use for family worship.

[Joseph Laughlin]

The Book of Common Prayer plus America. Could it get any better?

[sch]

Mar 2022. Lovely edition, given to me by a friend. Trying out the Family Prayers (pp. 589-591) in the evenings.

[Joseph Burk]

About a year ago, I was praying the Evening/Morning prayer liturgy everyday and it was very fruitful spiritually. The Coverdale Psalter is quite beautiful too.
I don't really recall if I read every single part in this book but I decided to mark it as "read". While, I'm not Episcopalian/Anglican it helped me in my faith journey at that particular point in my life.

[Karen L.]

I like this version. It says it like it is! Orthodox! I'd like to look at the one from the 1600's

[Jenny]

Another one on my desk. It was a gift from a friend years ago.

[Skylar Burris]

Great for someone like me, who finds it difficult to achieve a daily prayer discipline. Also good for family (and of course corporate) worship.

[Jacob Andrews]

Good reads seems to lump together the 1662, 1928, 1979 bcps together, which is unfortunate...

[Brent]

We used this until the 1979 revised edition. I was given one for confirmation in May 1975.

[Rachel]

I read this as my daily prayers. It has some very nice language in it.