EVERYMAN’S HISTORY OF THE PRAYER BOOK........................................... 2
PREFACE............................................................................................................ 4
PART I: THE MATERIAL OF PUBLIC WORSHIP................................................ 6
Chapter 1: The Bible in the Prayer Book................................................................ 7
Chapter 2: The Question of Set Forms of Prayer.................................................. 10
Chapter 3: The Contents of the Prayer Book........................................................ 15
Chapter 4: The Development of Service Books.................................................... 23
Chapter 5: The First Stages of Liturgical Change.................................................. 43
History of the Changes.................................................................................... 43
The First Stages.............................................................................................. 44
Chapter 6: The First English Prayer Book............................................................ 50
Chapter 7: The Reign of Anarchy and the Second Prayer Book............................ 56
Chapter 8: The Elizabethan Prayer Book.............................................................. 64
Summary of Events.......................................................................................... 70
Chapter 9: Fourth Prayer Book and the Authorized Version of the Bible............... 72
The Hampton Court Conference...................................................................... 72
The Fourth Prayer Book.................................................................................. 73
The Authorized Version of the Bible................................................................. 75
Chapter 10: The Savoy Conference..................................................................... 84
Chapter 11: The Fifth English Prayer Book.......................................................... 92
The Principal Changes..................................................................................... 92
Last Summary............................................................................................... 100
Chapter 12: The American Prayer Book............................................................ 102
PART II: THE SERVICES IN THE PRAYER...................................................... 110
Chapter 13: Morning and Evening Prayer........................................................... 111
Chapter 14: The Litany...................................................................................... 126
Chapter 15: The Holy Communion..................................................................... 135
Chapter 16: Baptism, Catechizing, and Confirmation.......................................... 162
Chapter 17: The Occasional Services and the Ordinal........................................ 174
The Solemnization of Matrimony.................................................................... 174
Order for the Visitation of the Sick................................................................. 176
The Order for the Burial of the Dead.............................................................. 177
The Churching of Women.............................................................................. 183
The Ordinal................................................................................................... 184
Consecration of a Church or Chapel.............................................................. 188
Office of Institution of Ministers..................................................................... 189
Forms of Prayer to be Used in Families.......................................................... 189
The Catechism.............................................................................................. 189
A Few Landmarks in the History of Worship................................................. 190
Notes on the Family Tree of the Prayer Book................................................ 195