Notes for Anglican Ceremonial

Feb 02, 2023

Notes for Anglican Ceremonial is a new-typeset combined edition of Readiness and Decency and At the Lord's Table. A spiral-bound (lay-flat) edition is available print-on-demand. Price for print-on-demand is "at cost" - we do not make anything.
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These ceremonial guides are republished here with the hope “that priest and people may worship with undisturbed recollection, and that the ways of the minister may help, not hinder, the devotion both of the congregation and of himself.” (ATLT, p.65)

Readiness and Decency is one of the more concise ceremonial guides for a traditional Prayer Book Service. It was written before the Canadian revision of 1962, but as such serves as an excellent Prayer Book Catholic ceremonial guide for those using the 1928 American, 1928 English Proposed, 1662, 1662: International Edition, as well as, with some service order adjustments, the 2019 revisions of the Book of Common Prayer. Of particular interest is the ceremonial instruction for North End Celebration, once ubiquitous and now almost entirely in disuse. Some parishes are beginning to use the 1662: International Edition with North End, so this work may have increased contemporary usefulness.
This text is also available for download from the Prayer Book Society Canada, who have made available PDF downloads of the 1946 edition and 1961 expanded revision.

At the Lord’s Table is an obscure (and very out of print) practical manual for an Anglo-Catholic celebration of mass, utilising the English Missal or 1662 BCP with Catholic additions, and is useful for any Anglo-Catholic mass, adjusting according to one’s Missal or Prayer Book. Unlike a work such as Ritual Notes, this is very practical, and expects a small group at the altar. Of particular note is the Common Mistakes sections, which give a humorous snapshot of various mistakes ministers have made, and ways in which one can avoid distracting the worshippers.

Notes for Anglican Ceremonial

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