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Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer is the official liturgical book used in Anglican churches for worship and prayer. First produced during the English Reformation in the sixteenth century, it contains the orders of service and prayers for daily prayer, Holy Communion, and various other rites.
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- Thomas CranmerPeople
Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556) was the Archbishop of Canterbury who led the English Reformation and compiled the Book of Common Prayer, the foundation of Anglican worship. He was burned at the stake under Mary I.
- Samuel WesleyPeople
Samuel Wesley (1662–1735) was a Church of England priest and poet. He served as rector of Epworth for nearly forty years and was the father of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, leaders of the Methodist movement.
- Thomas à KempisPeople
Thomas à Kempis was a German-born monk who lived and worked in the Netherlands in the fifteenth century. He is known as the author of The Imitation of Christ, a devotional book that has been widely read across denominational lines.
- Acts 2:44–45Bible Verses
A passage recording that, after Pentecost, the believers were together, had all things common, and sold their possessions and goods to distribute them to all as every man had need. It is often idealized as a portrait of the early church community, but interpreters have debated whether it sets a norm the church today should follow and how it relates to socialist thought.
- Lament PsalmsBible
Lament psalms are a type of psalm in which the psalmist cries out and appeals to God amid suffering, illness, persecution, or national disaster. They are among the most common types in the Book of Psalms.
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