A permanent feature of the Church of England's worship and a key source for its doctrine, the Book of Common Prayer is loved for the beauty of its language and its services are widely used.
The Prayer Book Society has produced a series of videos which can be used by anyone seeking guidance on how to conduct services according to the Book of Common Prayer. These are on the Prayer Book Society site.
You can also download The Book of Common Prayer (1662) in PDF as printed by John Baskerville in 1762.
Table of contents
Concerning the Service of the Church
Concerning Ceremonies, why some be abolished, and some retained
The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read
The Order how the rest of the Holy Scripture is appointed to be read
A Table of Proper Lessons and Psalms
The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons
Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts through the whole Year
The Order for Morning and Evening Prayer - Introduction
Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several occasions
The Order for the Administration of The Lord's Supper or Holy Communion
The Ministration of Public Baptism of Infants
The Ministration of Private Baptism of Children in Houses
The Order of Baptism for those of Riper Years
The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony
The Order for the Visitation of the Sick
The Order for the Burial of the Dead
The Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth
A Commination, or denouncing of God's anger and jugements against Sinners
The Psalter
Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea
The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons
Forms of Prayer for the Anniversary of the day of Accession of the Reigning Sovereign
Articles of Religion Royal Warrant
A Table of Kindred and Affinity
The Psalter - Verse Numbering Differences
Text from The Book of Common Prayer, the rights in which are vested in the Crown, is reproduced by permission of the Crown's Patentee, Cambridge University Press.
