The Alcuin Club is an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

organization seeking to preserve or restore church ceremony, arrangement, ornament, and practice in an

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manner. The organization was founded in 1897 and named after

Alcuin of York Alcuin of York (; la, Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus; 735 – 19 May 804) – also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin – was a scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student o ...

. It was a reorganization of an earlier group, the Society of St Osmund, which was formed in 1889. The Alcuin Club's first publication, ''English Altars'' by W. H. St. John Hope, appeared in 1899. The club is dedicated to the ''

Book of Common Prayer The ''Book of Common Prayer'' (BCP) is the name given to a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christian churches historically related to Anglicanism. The original book, published in 1549 in the reign ...

'' and conformity to its exact

rubric A rubric is a word or section of text that is traditionally written or printed in red ink for emphasis. The word derives from the la, rubrica, meaning red ochre or red chalk, and originates in Medieval illuminated manuscripts from the 13th cen ...

. The club was active in the debate over the rewriting of the ''Book of Common Prayer'' in the 1920s.A Survey of the Proposals for the Alternative Prayer Book From the Alcuin Club - 1923 & 1924
Society of Archbishop Justus Its influence faded somewhat after the first part of the century and it is now dedicated to studying ceremony of all

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churches. The club's members are active in the liturgical researches of the Anglican churches. The club has 450 members, with over half being in the United Kingdom and many in the United States. The Alcuin Club selects works on liturgy and ceremony and

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every year to include in its collections.

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