Guide to the Scottish Prayer Book

Originally published in 1941, this book was originally intended as a popular guide to the Scottish Prayer Book.

W. Perry (Author)

9781107497665, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 April 2015

64 pages
17.8 x 11.1 x 0.3 cm, 0.05 kg

Originally published in 1941, this book was originally intended as a popular guide to the Scottish Prayer Book. Perry explains the services in the order in which they appear in the Prayer Book while simultaneously attempting 'to justify the truths embodied in them'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of Scottish Protestantism.

Note
1. Christian worship and its history
2. Regulation of worship
kalendar
lessons
psalter
3. The order of morning and evening prayer
compline
litanies
prayers and thanksgivings
4. The collects, epistles, and gospels
holy communion
5. Holy baptism
thanksgiving of women after child-birth
6. Catechism
confirmation
holy matrimony
7. Visitation and communion of the sick
burial of the dead
a penitential service
8. Ordination services and the accession service
9. 'The best of Anglican prayer books'.

Subject Areas: Church history [HRCC2]