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Thomas Cranmer

Formed by God through Scripture in the Daily Office

Out of the dust of the ground and by his own “inbreathing,” God also forms us, who say the Daily Office.

The Daily Office

The Daily Office is one of the acknowledged treasures of the Anglican tradition, and a central obligation of the clergy.

Right Desire and True Gospel

While Thomas Cranmer insisted that Anglican liturgy must be regularly renewed so as always to speak to contemporary society, he was equally adamant that the gospel message transcended any specific cultural moment.

The Holy Spirit, Anglican identity, and the Reformed Eucharist

There is no reason for Protestants and evangelicals to be afraid of the epiclesis, the calling down of the Spirit upon the Eucharistic elements.

Good Lord, deliver us

The Great Litany, to be used by many of us this coming Sunday, was the first official vernacular liturgy for the Church of England.

Katherine Parr: Liturgist?

A professor at Carleton University believes Henry VIII’s last wife composed a ‘Prayer for the Monarch.’

An appeal for Cranmer’s prayers

When it comes to telling the story of the gospel in the Episcopal Church, I believe there is no clearer and no better way to tell it than with the traditional prayer book liturgy found in Rite 1

Strive to enter that rest

The Daily Office requires each Christian to begin the day by reciting Psalm 95, meditating on the profound similarity between Israel's rebellion and the rebellion that lurks deep in every heart.

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