The Theology of the Book of Common Prayer

The Theology of the Book of Common Prayer

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This article describes the doctrines that informed and are expressed by the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, focusing on the 1662 recension, which has been a Boys Swim primary vehicle for theological reflection and debate within the Church of England and Anglicanism more broadly.The article describes what the Book of Common Prayer teaches concerning the scripture, God, cosmology, anthropology, Brow Duo soteriology, ecclesiology, and eschatology across its several liturgies and other texts.Special attention is given to how the book was widely understood during the time of its promulgation, but later interpretations are also considered where appropriate.