Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) used in Canada was originally compiled in 1962, and is a national expression of a tradition of Christian worship stemming from the original BCP published by the Church of England in 1549. The original 1549 BCP was itself a revision of the medieval forms of worship in use within the English Church prior to the Reformation. The BCP simplified older forms, and made the Bible itself the standard of all Christian worship.
The BCP contains in one volume what previously had been contained in many separate tomes: The Daily Offices (which are the Church's daily Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer), the Liturgy of the Holy Communion, the Ordinal (services for the ordinations of bishops, priests, and deacons), as well as many other services of the Church such as the Penitential Rite (used on Ash Wednesday), and the Baptism services.
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