The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books, 2)
ISBN-13:
9780691191782
ISBN-10:
0691191786
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Author:
Alan Jacobs
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Format:
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256 pages
Category:
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ISBN-13:
9780691191782
ISBN-10:
0691191786
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Alan Jacobs
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Format:
Paperback
256 pages
Category:
Churches & Church Leadership
,
Christian Books & Bibles
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The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books, 2) (ISBN-13: 9780691191782 and ISBN-10: 0691191786), written by authors
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While many of us are familiar with such famous words as “Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . .” or “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” we may not know that they originated in The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters. Here Alan Jacobs tells its story. He shows how The Book of Common Prayer―from its beginnings as a means of social and political control in the England of Henry VIII to its worldwide presence today―became a venerable work whose cadences express the heart of religious life for millions.
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