Academic Reading
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Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Ch. 36: A Directory for the Public Worship of God throughout the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1645." (pp. 265-269). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
Jasper and Cuming observe that by about 1643, in England and Scotland the English and Lutheran Reformations were "regarded as defective and incomplete" by some, who lobbied for a rejection of existing prayer books and the establishment of one which reflected the outlook of Scotland and Geneva (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 265). The outcome of these discussions was The Directory for the Public Worship of God, which made a compromise between the two major groups involved. There were text formulae for baptism, marriage, "the words of delivery at communion" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 265) and the Lord's Prayer as "a pattern prayer." The work was authorized by parliaments of England and Scotland in 1645.
While communion was to be "frequent," Jasper and Cuming consider the direction to have been "widely ignored" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 265). Communion was handed out, normally at the pew or around a table, and was considered as a memorial meal emphasizing our humble reception and being in Christ's presence (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 266). By 1660 the book was largely no longer used.
After a bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 267), Jasper and Cuming provide the texts pertaining to communion.
4/30/26
Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. (1990). "Ch. 36: A Directory for the Public Worship of God throughout the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1645." (pp. 265-269). In Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. 3rd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press. (Personal Library)
Jasper and Cuming observe that by about 1643, in England and Scotland the English and Lutheran Reformations were "regarded as defective and incomplete" by some, who lobbied for a rejection of existing prayer books and the establishment of one which reflected the outlook of Scotland and Geneva (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 265). The outcome of these discussions was The Directory for the Public Worship of God, which made a compromise between the two major groups involved. There were text formulae for baptism, marriage, "the words of delivery at communion" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 265) and the Lord's Prayer as "a pattern prayer." The work was authorized by parliaments of England and Scotland in 1645.
While communion was to be "frequent," Jasper and Cuming consider the direction to have been "widely ignored" (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 265). Communion was handed out, normally at the pew or around a table, and was considered as a memorial meal emphasizing our humble reception and being in Christ's presence (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 266). By 1660 the book was largely no longer used.
After a bibliography (Jasper & Cuming 1990, p. 267), Jasper and Cuming provide the texts pertaining to communion.
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