The Prayer Book Explained

by Percival Jackson

DATES CONNECTED WITH THE

Growth of the Service Books in England.

200. Christianity already established in Britain. (Tertullian.)
314. Council at Arles in France. Three British Bishops signed.
596-605. Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury.
664. Council of Whitby.
747. The great Council of Cloveshoo.

Restraints upon the influence of the Pope in England.

1215. Magna Charta. 1279. Statute of Mortmain. 1351. Statute of Provisors. 1352. Statute of Praemunire.

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Translations of the Bible Revisions of the Prayer Book in England. in England.

8th century. Psalms (Saxon). The Gospels (Egbert). S. John (Bede).

880. The Psalms (King Alfred).

1085. The Sarum Use.

1380-4. Wyclifs Bible.

1526-31. Tyndale.

1535. Coverdale.

1539. Cranmer (The Great Bible).

1545. The King's Primer.

1548. The Order of the Communion.

1549. First Revision in English.

1552. Second Revision in English.

1553. (Latin) Uses restored.

1558-9. Third Revision in English.

1568. The Bishops' Bible.

1604. Fourth Revision.

1611. The Authorised Version.

1645-60. Prayer Book forbidden by the Long Parliament.

1661-2. Fifth Revision.

1871. New Lectionary.

1872. Shortened Services allowed.

1881, 1885. The Revised Version.

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INDEX.

Absolution, 29, 31, 35
Alcuin, 140
Alexandrine MS., 65, 69
Ambrose, Bp of Milan, 42, 43, 57 n., 63, 65, 78
Amen, 18, 20, 23, 37, 127-8, 159
Anthem, 20, 22, 28, 128, 142, 146-152
Antiphon, 9, 10, 19, 60, 132, 133, 134, 146
Antiphonal, 3, 40, 128, 157, 158
Antiphonary, 128, 134, 135, 148
Apocrypha, 51, 56
Apollinarian, 124
Arian and Arius, 110, 120, 122
Athanasian, see Creed
Athanasius, 124
Augustine, Archbp of Canterbury, 155, 171
Augustine, Bp of Hippo, 65, 78, 94, 124, 155
Authorised, see Bible

Basil, Bp of Caesarea, 29 n., 70, 144
Benedicite, 11, 63, 77, 78-81, 88
Benedictus, 62, 63, 83-6
Bible, 47-57, 182
— Authorised V., 40, 41
— Bishops', 11, 41
— Great, 41
— Revised V., 182
— Wyclif, 13
Breviary, 59, 132, 134
Bright, 135, 139, 140

Calendar, 57
Cambridge Companion, 47
Canon, 57
Cantate, 63, 77, 81
Canticles, 4, 9, 37, 39, 41, 57, 59, 61, 88
Capitulum, 61, 62
Cartwright, 20, 22
Catholic Church, 105, 107, 112, 120, 121-2
Catholic Religion, 101, 125
Chalcedon Council, 97, 122, 124
Chant, 39
Charlemagne, 124, 140
Chaucer, 148
Choral Singing, 3
Christian Verity, 101, 125
Chrysostom, Bp of Constantinople, 54 n., 143, 144, 153, 158
Clementine Liturgy, 144
Cloveshoo, 155
Collecta, Collectio, 139, 140
Collects, 9, 10, 28, 127-142
Combination of Services, 9-10
Communion, Holy, 5, 10, 58, 59, 131
Communion of Saints, 112
Compline, 7, 43, 60, 63
Confession, 10, 24, 28, 30-32, 35
Consubstantial, 126
Continuous Singing, 3
Controversy, 118-123
Corinth, 18
Cosin, Bp of Durham, 61, 117 n.
Creeds, 89-94
Creed, Apostles', 28, 39, 91-8, 104-114, 116, 118
Creed, Athanasian, 92, 99, 101, 115-126
Creed, Nicene, 92, 94, 110, 114, 116, 118, 126
Cyprian, Bp of Carthage, 66, 72

Daily Service, 25, 26
Day Hours, 6, 8, 9, 10, 60, 61, 63-4, 132, 173
Deus Misereatur, 63, 83, 88
Direct Singing, 3
Docetae, 110, 121
Doxology, 24, 27, 37, 53, 70, 131
Doxology in Te Deum, 74
Duplication, 33, 34, 35, 160, 161, 162-4

Ebionite, 119
Edward VI., 26, 27, 41, 134
Ember Prayers, 144
— Week, 159
Ephesus Council, 18
Eusebius, 95
Eutyches, Eutychian, 122, 123
Evangelistarium, see Lectionaries
Evensong, 10, 42, 141, 142, and see Mattins
Excursus, 113
Exhortation, 29, 30, 34
Extempore worship, 1, 2, 17

Faldstool, 156-7
Festivals, 44
Forms of worship, 2, 3, 4, 17

Gallican Church, 61
Gelasian Sacramentary, 137, 141, 143, 144
Gelasius, 136
Gloria Patri, 4, 10, 11, 28, 37, 39, 40, 74, 114, 116-7,
129, 149, 158, 172
Gnostic, 121
Gradual, 135
Great Bible, see Bible
Gregory the Great, 135, 155

Hampton Court Conference, 40
Haphtarah, 53
Harvey Goodwin, 92, 116
Hebrew, 18
Henry VIII., 41
Hilary of Arles, 78, 124
— Poictiers, 78
Homilies, 155
Honorius, 122
Hook, 57
Hooker, 20, 22
Hours of Prayer, 5-6
Hymns, 9, 39, 44, 60-2, 66, 69, 76, 77
Hymn, Greek, 71

Intention, 15, 17, 24, 44
Intercessions, 161, 165-9
Interjectional, 20, 21, 23, 127, 128
Introductory, 29, 32
Invitatory, 40
Invocations, 161
Irenaeus, 95, 96, 97, 98, 154

Jerome, S., 42, 51, 54
Jew, 119, 121
Jewish Influence, 18
— Lectionary, 53
Jubilate, 63, 83, 87, 88
Justification, 117
Justin Martyr, 3, 54, 58, 59

Kay, 88
Keble, 71
Keynote, 16, 24

Latin Services, 25
Lauds, 6, 7, 9, 43, 44, 60, 61, 62, 63, 87, 132
Lectern, 57
Lectionaries, 51-7, 135
Legenda, 134
Leo the Great, 136
Lessons, 9, 10, 18, 24, 28, 39, 41, 47-57, 76, 77, 82,
83, Appendix C, 173
Litany, 20, 23, 35, 153-173
— Lesser, 9, 11, 131, 157
Liturgy, 10, 40, 41
— of S. James, 153
Lord's Prayer, 9, 11, 12-17, 28, 37, 38, 131

Macedonius, Bp of Constantinople, 120
Magnificat, 63, 77, 78, 146-150
Mamertus, Bp of Vienne, 154
Manichaean, 121
Manual, 134
Manuscripts, 32
Map of Lessons, 64
Mattin-Lauds, 6, 7, 60, 62, 63
Mattins, 6, 7, 10, 42, 43, 141
Missal, 135
Monothelites, Monophysites, 122, 124
Morning Service, 8, 24, 25

Names and Titles, 10
Nero, 106, 107
Nestorian, 122, 123, 124
New Testament, 49
Nicene, see Creed
Nocturn, 42
None, 7, 43
Nunc Dimittis, 63, 83, 86, 87

Obsecrations, 161, 164
Occasional Prayers and Thanksgivings, 131, 144, 145, 158-9
Office Hymns, 61
Old Testament, 48, 62
Ordinary, 7, 44
Original Sin, 102
Ornaments, 26, 57
O Sapientia, 146

Parascha, 53
Pater Noster, 11
Paul, S., 18
Petitions, 14
Pie, 33
Pliny, 107, Appendix D, 174-5
Polycarp, 154
Portiforium, 134
Pothinus, 154
Praise Terminations, 8-14, 30, 37, 47, 58, 63, 78
Prayers, 24, 112-144
Preceded Form, 21, 23
Preces, 21, 28, 128, 129, 130, 132-134
Predestination, 102
Preface, 33, 40-1, 43, 44, 119, 140, 165
Prime, 7, 43, 117 n.
Proper Lessons, 55
Prophets, 29, 49
Psalms, 18, 24, 28, 37-46, 100, 117 n., 132
Psalms, method of singing, 3, 4
Psalter, 41, 134

Quicunque vult, 11, 126

Reading, 30
Responds, 10, 39
Responsorial, 3, 20
Resurrection, 113, 114
Revelation, 90, 100, 104
Revision and Revisers, 26, 32, 33, 41, 129, 132, 134, 158, 159
Rogation Days, 154-6
— Litanies, 155, 172
Rubrics, 4, 25, 32, 57, 129, 130, 131

Sabellian, 119
Sacramental, 112
Sacramentary, 135-7
Sanctification, 103
Sarum Breviary, 33, 132, 133
— Litany, 158
Sarum Missal, 170
— Use, 33, 43, 88, 171, 172
Scripture, Holy, 10
Seats, 57
Self-examination, 93, 94
Semi-Arian, 120
Sentences, 29
Septuagint, 43, 132
Services, 42
Setting, 15, 16, 17 n., 24, 147, 150
Sext, 7, 43

Socrates, 102, 103, 104, 105
Special Psalms, 44
Stanzas of Te Deum, 66-9
Substance, 126
Suetonius, 106
Suffrage, 159, etc.
Surplice, 26
Symbolum, 93
Synagogue Services, 18, 51, 54

Table of Worship Forms, 20 Tacitus, 106-7 Te Deum, 4, 63, 65-75, 76, 78, 83 Temple, 18 Terce, 7, 43 Tertullian, 95 Testament, O. and N., 62 Thanksgivings, 10, 14, 15, 28, 30, 144, 145 Theodosius, 42 Tiberius, 107 Translation, 41 Translators, 10, 173 Travers, Walter, 20

Uses, see Sarum

Variations, 1-4
Variety, 3
Venite, 11, 40, 146, 147, 149
Verity, Christian, 101, 125
Verse and Respond, 127, 132-4, 146, 148, 172
Versicles, 9, 10, 39
Vespers, 6, 7, 42, 43, 60, 63, 132
Vulgate, 43, 132

Witness of Bible, 104, 105, 107-114
Worship, 13, 18
— Forms, 20, 11, 24, 127
Wreathing, 160-1

Zacharias, 84
Zechariah, 84

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