Ekklesia.Anglicana: The Prayer Book: Part II

Friday, June 5, 2009

The Prayer Book: Part II

The Service of the Church: Living with the Church

The Prayer Book is all about the services of the church. It is the Common Prayer and Common Worship of God's people - together, as the Body of Christ, in Communion with one another. The Prayer Book thus begins by addressing the Service of the Church. In the Service of the Church, the Anglican is reminded that the Christian life is never a solitary life. We have been called to be the Body of Christ, and therefore, the faith is never solitary, and though it is necessarily personal, it is never merely personal. By setting forth the service of the Church and the variations of the service, the Christian is called to live his faith in communion with the Church.

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THE NICENE CREED

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty; Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made; who, for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried; and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spake by the Prophets. And one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.