Anglican Service Book

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High altar, Anglo-Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania), the publisher of the Anglican Service Book

The Anglican Service Book is a traditional language adaptation of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church of the United States.

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Overview

First published in 1991, the book was adapted from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, as well as other sources such as the Anglican Missal, the Sarum Missal and the Book of Occasional Services. [1]

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Anglican Service Book (1991)

The rubrics of the 1979 Prayer Book allow for such a work without providing all of the necessary texts. The book was offered to facilitate worship in the traditional language of Anglicanism. The Anglican Service Book was published by the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. The book is principally used by Anglo-Catholics. As of 2018 the book was out of print, but used copies were available for purchase online.

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References

  1. Stephen E. Cavanaugh (2011). Anglicans and the Roman Catholic Church: Reflections on Recent Developments. Ignatius Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-1-58617-499-6. The Anglican Service Book (4th ed., 2007) is a traditional-language version of the 1979 American Book of Common Prayer, enriched by having adapted other sources such as the Anglican Missal, the Sarum Missal, and the Book of Occasional Services (2003).

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