Saturday 20 October 2012

THE ANGLICAN BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: ITS VIRTUES & VICES (Part 8)

THE ANGLICAN BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER:
ITS VIRTUES & VICES

OR

THE ALTERNATIVE WESTMINSTER DIRECTORY OF PUBLIC
WORSHIP (1645) CONSIDERED

Being the substance of a paper first presented to the
1989 Westminster Conference in London

by Dr Alan C. Clifford
PART 8

The Public Worship of the Lord's Day

A combination of radical simplicity and reverent spirituality characterizes the Directory's recommendations for the worship of the Lord's Day. The order of service is as follows:

Call to worship
Prayer for grace and enlightenment
Scripture reading:
OT chapter
NT chapter
Metrical Psalm
Prayer of confession and intercession
Preaching of the Word
Prayer of thanksgiving and petition
Lord's Prayer
Metrical Psalm
Benediction 

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