The Lay Folks’ History
The Complete Work, in Chapters
From the primitive religions and the Jewish inheritance, through the early Church, the Norman period and the Reformation, to the making of the Ordinal — and then the Book of Common Prayer itself, set out office by office.
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BOOK I · THE HISTORY OF THE LITURGY
- Preface, Bibliography & Chronology — Preface · Bibliography · Chronology
- Origins and the Early Church — I. Primitive Religions · II. Link between God’s Old Covenant and New Covenant · III. Documents of Period of Christian Persecution · IV. Agapé and Eucharist · V. Eastern Liturgies from the Time of Constantine · VI. Sources of Christian Rites and Ceremonies · VII. The Liturgy in North Africa and Rome up to the Time of St. Leo the Great · VIII. Development of Liturgical Conceptions · IX. Administration in the Early Church
- The Western Developments — X. Arianism · XI. Christianity in the West under the Roman Empire · XII. Ambrosian and Gallic Rites · XIII. Description of the Gallic Mass · XIV. Celtic Missionaries and Documents · XV. The Mozarabic Rite · XVI. Conversion of England
- The Norman Period — XVII. Norman Period · XVIII. Conflict with Papacy · XIX. Monastic Institutions
- Reforms of Henry VIII — XX. Reforms of Henry VIII.
- Tenets of Reformers — Tenets of Reformers
- The Reformation of Edward VI — Reformation of Edward VI. · Abolition and Reconstitution of Reformation · The Restoration
- Modern Influences — Modern Influences
BOOK II · THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
- The Prayer Book: Introduction, Vestments & Service Books — Introduction · Vestments · Service Books
- The Kalendar — The Kalendar
- Hours of Divine Service — Hours of Divine Service
- The Holy Communion — The Holy Communion
- Baptism — Baptism
- The Occasional Offices — Catechism & Confirmation · Marriage · Visitation & Communion of the Sick · Burial of the Dead · Churching of Women
- The Ordinal — XIV. The Ordinal