Academic Reading
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Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Ch. 37: Richard Baxter: The Reformation of the Liturgy 1661." (pp. 270-276). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
After Charles II returned to England in 1660, he worked toward creation of a liturgy which would be satisfactory to Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Independents (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 270). After gathering exceptions and suggestions, Richard Baxter produced The Reformation of the Liturgy in 1661. This was a series of alternative rites to be used alongside what were considered acceptable in the Prayer Book.
The eucharistic rite was intended for the end of "the normal Sunday services" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 270). It included prayers of penitence, prayers addressed to each member of the Trinity, and "a declaration that the elements were no longer common bread and wine, but sacramentally the body and blood of Christ" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 271). The prayers and the manner of distributing the elements were flexible in nature.
Jasper and Cuming observe that the work of Baxter had little actual influence on liturgical practice or on future revisions of the Prayer Book (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 272). no parties to the dispute found it adequate to advance their points of view.
After a bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 272), Jasper and Cuming provide the eucharistic portions of the liturgy.
5/5/26
Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Ch. 37: Richard Baxter: The Reformation of the Liturgy 1661." (pp. 270-276). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
After Charles II returned to England in 1660, he worked toward creation of a liturgy which would be satisfactory to Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Independents (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 270). After gathering exceptions and suggestions, Richard Baxter produced The Reformation of the Liturgy in 1661. This was a series of alternative rites to be used alongside what were considered acceptable in the Prayer Book.
The eucharistic rite was intended for the end of "the normal Sunday services" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 270). It included prayers of penitence, prayers addressed to each member of the Trinity, and "a declaration that the elements were no longer common bread and wine, but sacramentally the body and blood of Christ" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 271). The prayers and the manner of distributing the elements were flexible in nature.
Jasper and Cuming observe that the work of Baxter had little actual influence on liturgical practice or on future revisions of the Prayer Book (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 272). no parties to the dispute found it adequate to advance their points of view.
After a bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 272), Jasper and Cuming provide the eucharistic portions of the liturgy.
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