Ekklesia.Anglicana: The Prayer Book: A People of Prayer & Worship

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The Prayer Book: A People of Prayer & Worship

If anything has shaped the life of Anglicans and the faith of Anglicanism, it is the Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer is a text that expresses the faith of the Church. It gives the Anglican Church much of its identity, and has made them a people of prayer and worship. Anglicanism is the embodiment of lex orandi, lex credendi ("the law of prayer is the law of belief"), for as we pray, so also we believe. the next several entries of this blog will serve as a brief introduction to some of the elements of the Book of Common Prayer. To check out the Book of Common Prayer, see the link to the right or go to: www.bcponline.org

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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.