1928 Book of Common Prayer

The 1928 Book of Common Prayer served the Episcopal Church for fifty years, from 1928 until 1978. The 1928 revision was very extensive – perhaps the most radical U. S. prayer book revision until that of 1979. Some of the many changes from the previous 1892 book included dropping liturgies of rather outdated theology, such as the Visitation of Prisoners; the three baptism rites were combined into one; and several changes were made to the Communion service, including further deemphasis of the Decalogue, and rearrangement of the Lord’s Prayer and the Prayer of Humble Access back to the position they had in the Prayer Book of 1549.

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1928 Book of Common Prayer

Table of Contents:

• The Ratification of the Book of Common Prayer iv
• The Preface v
• Concerning the Service of the Church, including the use of the Psalter and the Order how the rest of the Holy Scripture is appointed to be read ix (1928 version)
• Concerning the Service of the Church, including the use of the Psalter and the Lectionary vii (1945 version)
• Tables of Lessons of Holy Scripture xiii (1928 version)
• Psalms and Lessons for the Christian Year x (1945 version)
• The Calendar xivi
• Tables and Rules for the movable and immovable feasts, together with the days of fasting and abstinence throughout the year and the days of solemn supplication 1
• Tables of Precedence li
• Tables for finding Holy Days lii
• The Order for Daily Morning Prayer 3
• The Order for Daily Evening Prayer 21
• Prayers and Thanksgivings 35
• The Litany 54
• A Penitential Office for Ash Wednesday 60
• Order for Administration of the Lord’s Supper, or Holy Communion 67
• The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels 90
• The Ministration of Holy Baptism 273
• Offices of Instruction 283
• The Order of Confirmation 296
• The Solemnization of Matrimony 300
• The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth 305
• The Order for the Visitation of the Sick 308
• The Communion of the Sick 321
• The Order for the Burial of the Dead 324
• At the Burial of a Child 338
• The Psalter, or Psalms of David 345
• The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons 529
• The Litany and Suffrages for Ordinations 560
• The Form of Consecration of a Church or Chapel 563
• An Office of Institution of Ministers into Parishes or Churches 569
• A Catechism 577
• Forms of Prayer to be used in Families 587
• Articles of Religion 603