Thomas Cranmer and the Church of England (1489-1556 (Cranmer)) · CatalogThomas Cranmer and the Church of EnglandThomas Cranmer and the Church of England (1489-1556 (Cranmer)) · CatalogArchbishop Cranmer compiled the first English prayer books; the 1662 revision remains the Church of England's standard.
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Thomas Cranmer and the Church of England
1489-1556 (Cranmer) · Archbishop Cranmer compiled the first English prayer books; the 1662 revision remains the Church of England's standard
The Book of Common Prayer was first compiled under Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556), Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII and Edward VI, who issued English prayer books in 1549 and 1552, drawing on Latin services, Lutheran orders and his own translations. Cranmer was burned for heresy in 1556 under Mary I. The book was restored with changes under Elizabeth I in 1559 and revised again after the Restoration of Charles II by bishops and the Convocations of Canterbury and York, producing the 1662 version authorized by the Act of Uniformity. Much of its language remains Cranmer's.
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The Book of Common Prayer is the service book of the Church of England, and the 1662 edition is the version that has remained its official standard. It gathers into one volume the services that earlier had required several Latin books: daily Morning and Evening Prayer, the Litany, Holy Communion, baptism, confirmation, marriage, the visitation of the sick, burial, the Psalter and the ordination services.