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Book Of Common Prayer (Unitarian)
Since the 18th century, there have been several editions of the ''Book of Common Prayer'' produced and revised for use by Unitarians. All versions descend from an unpublished manuscript of alterations to the Church of England's 1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'' originally produced by Samuel Clarke in 1724. Theophilus Lindsey of Essex Street Chapel in London and James Freeman of King's Chapel in Boston edited the liturgies further to produce their own prayer books that matched their theologies. These Unitarian forms influenced other prayer book revision efforts, including John Wesley's '' The Sunday Service of the Methodists'' and the compilation of the first prayer book for the Episcopal Church in the United States. The King's Chapel prayer book, currently in its ninth edition first published in 1986, continues to see use by the chapel's congregation. History Samuel Clarke, the Church of England rector of St James's Church, Piccadilly, privately created an altered ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 King's Chapel BCP
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
