NOUN
- the Anglican service book of the Church of England; has had several revisions since the Reformation and is widely admired for the dignity and beauty of its language
How To Use Book of Common Prayer In A Sentence
- I was glad I had read widely and learnt poetry and parts of the Book Of Common Prayer by rote.
- As expressed in the baptismal theology of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, the mission of the Church is given in its life as the body of Christ.
- As expressed in the catechism in the Book of Common Prayer, the mission of the church is made explicit as the body of Christ.
- Nearer Wales, Robert Williams compiled the first comprehensive dictionary of the Cornish language, and Bishop John Phillips translated the Book of Common Prayer into Manx.
- The book's very title had already announced its to a Protestant shocking conclusion: that "searching the Scriptures," along with the Book of Common Prayer, would yield not the "obvious" conclusion--namely, that Protestantism was the way to go--but that the Scriptures themselves adequately demonstrated that the Roman Catholic Church was the one true church. The Little Professor:
- For in that time the same church hierarchy has ruthlessly suppressed the King James Bible, along with the Book of Common Prayer. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- She argues that Cranmer and the later revisers of the Book of Common Prayer did not abolish reservation for communion with the sick.
- Thus, political considerations generally took priority over religious conformity: Gaelic translations of the Bible and Book of Common Prayer only appeared after Elizabeth's death.
- In the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, the Lessons for 5th December include the entire chapter of Isaiah 28, in which verse 18 confirms that the "covenant with death" is disannulled.
- As expressed in the catechism in the Book of Common Prayer, the mission of the church is made explicit as the body of Christ.
