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The Anglican Missal is a
liturgical book
A liturgical book, or service book, is a book published by the authority of a church body that contains the text and directions for the liturgy of its official religious services.
Christianity Roman Rite
In the Roman Rite of the Catholic ...
used liturgically by some
Anglo-Catholic
Anglo-Catholicism comprises beliefs and practices that emphasise the Catholic heritage and identity of the various Anglican churches.
The term was coined in the early 19th century, although movements emphasising the Catholic nature of Anglican ...
s and other
High Church
The term ''high church'' refers to beliefs and practices of Christian ecclesiology, liturgy, and theology that emphasize formality and resistance to modernisation. Although used in connection with various Christian traditions, the term originate ...
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 ...
s as a alternative or supplement to editions of 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 ...
''. The ''Anglican Missal'' is distinct from the similarly Anglo-Catholic
English Missal
''The English Missal'' is a translation of the Roman Missal used by some Anglo-Catholic parish churches. After its publication by W. Knott & Son Limited in 1912, ''The English Missal'' was rapidly endorsed by the growing Ritualist movement of Ang ...
, as the ''Anglican Missal'' is not primarily a translation of the
Roman Missal
The Roman Missal ( la, Missale Romanum) is the title of several missals used in the celebration of the Roman Rite. Along with other liturgical books of the Roman Rite, the Roman Missal contains the texts and rubrics for the celebration of the m ...
of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
History
The Anglican Missal was first produced in
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
in 1921 by the
Society of SS. Peter and Paul. The book reflected a particular way, drawn from the traditional
Roman Rite
The Roman Rite ( la, Ritus Romanus) is the primary liturgical rite of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. It developed in the Latin language in the city of Rome and, while dist ...
, of celebrating the Eucharist according to
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 ...
liturgical use. It was brought to the
United States
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,
Canada
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, and other English-speaking countries over the course of the 20th century. In the United States, it was produced in former years by the
Frank Gavin Liturgical Foundation, which sold to the
Anglican Parishes Association
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 the l ...
the rights to its publication. In 2020, the Anglican Parishes Association republished a new edition of the Anglican Missal, containing the Ordinary and Canon from the English (1549), American (1928), South African (1954), Canadian (1962), and Indian (1963) Prayer Books, along with a parallel text of the Gregorian Mass in Latin and in English.
American edition
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The Gavin edition of the ''Anglican Missal in the American Edition'' is in turn simply an American version of the missal produced in
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. Some adjustments were needed to adapt the version from England to use in the United States by the Gavin Liturgical Foundation. The new American edition of the missal retains the three versions of the
eucharistic prayer
The Anaphora is the most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy, or the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, a thanksgiving prayer by virtue of which the offerings of bread and wine are believed to be consecrated as the body and blood of Christ. This is the us ...
that were in the former edition. These are the American Canon of 1928 (related to Eucharistic Prayer I in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the
Episcopal Church in the United States of America
The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop o ...
), the 1549 canon as translated and illuminated by
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build the case for the annulment of Henry' ...
, and an English translation of the
Roman Canon The Canon of the Mass ( la, Canon Missæ), also known as the Canon of the Roman Mass and in the Mass of Paul VI as the Roman Canon or Eucharistic Prayer I, is the oldest anaphora used in the Roman Rite of Mass. The name ''Canon Missæ'' was used in ...
(Eucharistic Prayer I in modern Roman Catholic missals, called the "Gregorian Canon" in the ''Anglican Missal'').
Variations
Some Anglo-Catholic parishes use the ''Anglican Missal'', or some variation of it for the celebration of
Mass
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementar ...
. Variations include the
Anglican Service Book
''The Anglican Service Book'' is an unofficial Anglican prayer book in traditional language which was first published in the United States in 1991. The book was compiled by a committee of priests, and published when David Moyer was rector of the ...
, the
English Missal
''The English Missal'' is a translation of the Roman Missal used by some Anglo-Catholic parish churches. After its publication by W. Knott & Son Limited in 1912, ''The English Missal'' was rapidly endorsed by the growing Ritualist movement of Ang ...
, the ''A Manual of Anglo-Catholic Devotion'', and the directive books ''A Priest's Handbook'' by Dennis Michno and ''Ceremonies of the Eucharist'' by Howard E. Galley.
All of these books (with the exception of ''Manual'' and Anglican Service Book) are intended primarily for celebration of the
Eucharist
The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instit ...
. They contain meditations for the presiding celebrant(s) during the liturgy, and other material such as the rite for the blessing of palms on
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. Palm Sunday marks the first day of Holy ...
, propers for special feast days, and instructions for proper ceremonial order. These books are used as a more expansively
Catholic
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context in which to celebrate the liturgical use found in the Book of Common Prayer and related liturgical books.
Latin American edition
In Latin America, the ''Anglican Missal'' has an edition which is a version of the Anglican American Missal promoted by the Anglican Diocese of the Caribbean and New Granada (Colombia), which is the only version of the ''Anglican Missal'' in Spanish. During 1989 the late Archbishop of the
Anglican Province of Christ the King
The Anglican Province of Christ the King (APCK) is a Continuing Anglican church with traditional forms both of doctrine and liturgy. It is considered one of the more Anglo-Catholic jurisdictions among Continuing Anglican church bodies.
History
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, Robert S. Morse, as President of the
American Church Union
American Church Union (ACU) is the name of several distinct Anglican organizations in the American Episcopal Church and the Anglican Continuum. The groups have had an Anglo-Catholic orientation. It is named in imitation of the English Church Union ...
that promotes devotion to and use of the ''Anglican Missal'', authorized and encouraged Bishop Victor Manuel Cruz Blanco to translate, propagate and implant application of the ''Anglican Missal'' in Latin America.
Lutherans
Some
High Church Lutheran parishes use ritual propers and directives from these books in conjunction with a form of
Martin Luther
Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Reformation, Protestant Refo ...
's German Mass.
See also
*
Anglican Breviary
The ''Anglican Breviary'' is the Anglican edition of the Divine Office translated into English, used especially by Anglicans of Anglo-Catholic churchmanship. It is based on the ''Roman Breviary'' as it existed prior to both the Second Vatican Cou ...
*
The Parson's Handbook
''The Parson's Handbook'' is a book by Percy Dearmer, first published in 1899, that was fundamental to the development of liturgy in the Church of England and throughout the Anglican Communion.
The 19th-century Oxford Movement brought the hig ...
References
Sources
The Sarum MissalSt. Augustine's House Lutheran Monastery, Ordo*A Manual of Anglo-Catholic Devotion (Canterbury Press {{ISBN, 1-85311-354-9)
External links
The Anglican Missal published by the Society of SS. Peter and Paul (London)
The Anglican Breviary1931 article by Charles Winfred Douglas
An Examination of the So-Called American Missal by
Carl Eckhardt Grammer
Anglican Missal, The
Missals
Anglican liturgical books