A Reformed Liturgy

[Iosias]

I attend an Evangelical/Reformed(Calvinistic) Church in the Church of England and would describe myself as a Reformed Anglican with presbyterian tendencies ( ).

I am interested as to how Reformed Anglicans would like the BCP 1662 be changed or what a new Prayer Book would contain.

I would also like to hear what the Reformed/Presbyterian camp would like to see happen to the Prayer Book for them to come into the Anglican Church.

I am currently writing what I call The Reformed Prayer Book so all thoughts are welcome.

FYI:
BCP 1662
1. http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/daily/morning.html
2. http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/daily/evening.html
3. http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/communion/index.html
4. http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/baptism/index.html
5. http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/baptism/riper.html

BCP 1552
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/1552/BCP_1552.htm

NB: Be mindful of the obvious i.e. if you are a Reformed Baptist it would not be helpful to attack paedobaptism.

 

[gtsecc]

I would start by completely reading Dom Gregory Dix's Shape of the Liturgy.

 

[Colabomb]

I would start by completely reading Dom Gregory Dix's Shape of the Liturgy.

I am usually with you when it comes to defending the Protestant Heritage of Anglicanism. But I have to admit, I don't get what's wrong with the prayerbook. I use the 1928 American BCP, which I believe is strongly based on the 1662.

 

[Timothy]

The Alternative Service book and Common Worship suits most of us Evangelical anglicans down to the ground

 

[skimbro]

I would look at "Sunday Services" that the Diocese of Sydney Australia uses. Also, there was an experimental liturgy being used at one parish for a time. It was basically the 1662 in modern language. The formularies are the same, so no epiclesis for instance in Holy communion, which drives the Anglo-Catholics crazy. But given that Sydney is reformed and evangelical, who cares. I like Sunday Services a lot because there is flexibility and encourages a lot of lay involvement. Extemporaneous prayer is possible as are recitations of scripture and other things. What I like most about it is that it follows Cranmer's emphasis on building a liturgy that dramatizes justification by faith.

 

[skimbro]

sundayservices.anglican.asn.au

 

[Iosias]

The Alternative Service book and Common Worship suits most of us Evangelical anglicans down to the ground

Care to explain?

 

[Timothy]

Flexible, moveable, changeable, suits most of us perfectly. We can stick our contemporary music, our informal prayer service and all that sorts of stuff in, and fit around the flexible framework provided.

 

[lmnop9876]

i think there's absolutely nothing wrong with the current 1662 BCP from a Reformed perspective.
the Liturgy of the Reformed Churches of Canada is also very good.
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/ipb-e/epl-liturgy.html

 

[march56]

I attend an Evangelical/Reformed(Calvinistic) Church in the Church of England and would describe myself as a Reformed Anglican with presbyterian tendencies ( ).

I am interested as to how Reformed Anglicans would like the BCP 1662 be changed or what a new Prayer Book would contain.

I would also like to hear what the Reformed/Presbyterian camp would like to see happen to the Prayer Book for them to come into the Anglican Church.

I am currently writing what I call The Reformed Prayer Book so all thoughts are welcome.

FYI:
BCP 1662
1. http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/daily/morning.html
2. http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/daily/evening.html
3. http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/communion/index.html
4. http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/baptism/index.html
5. http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/baptism/riper.html

BCP 1552
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/1552/BCP_1552.htm

NB: Be mindful of the obvious i.e. if you are a Reformed Baptist it would not be helpful to attack paedobaptism.

Interesting.Do you still find time in the service for examining the scriptures?

 

[Colabomb]

Interesting.Do you still find time in the service for examining the scriptures?

Usually during the Sermon, which is usually based upon the Mandated Scripture reading.

 

[lmnop9876]

most Reformed/Presbyterians I know would be more than happy to use the 1662 BCP, it is completely Protestant, yet completely Catholic, in its theology and liturgical expressions. some may have a slight problem with the presumptive regeneration in the section on baptism (Reformed teaching tends more towards conditional regeneration in baptism), but this is not a serious issue.
most Presbyterians are also more than happy to settle with Episcopal Church Government, provided that presbyterial ordination of presbyters is allowed, the head of commonwealth is not the head of Church, and election of bishops is made by the people or other bishops or presbyters and not by a state authority, and is confirmed by the laying on of hands of the episcopate with prayer.
the splits in the english and scottish churches in the 1700's were more about state interference in the Church than about prayer-books or Church organisation.

 

[JM]

I am currently writing what I call The Reformed Prayer Book so all thoughts are welcome.

AV, how is the prayer book coming along, keep me in the loop I'm interested.

jm

 

[Iosias]

AV, how is the prayer book coming along, keep me in the loop I'm interested.

jm

With regard to the 1662 I would say that it could not be improved greatly but my work as you know (from PM) will have to be started again from scratch.

 

[Naomi4Christ]

I don't have a big problem with CW. We can pretty much adapt it to how we want it.