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The Prayer Book Society of Canada or PBS is an organization within the Anglican Church of Canada
Anglican Church of Canada

The Anglican Church of Canada is the sole Canada representative of the Anglican Communion. The official French name is l'?glise Anglicane du Canada....
 which "promotes the understanding and use of the Book of Common Prayer
Book of Common Prayer

The Book of Common Prayer is the common title of a number of prayer books of the Church of England and used throughout the Anglican Communion. The first book, published in 1549 , in the reign of Edward VI of England, was a product of the English Reformation following the break with Roman Catholic Church....
 as a spiritual system of nurture for life in Christ". Founded in 1985, the PBS seeks to "ensure the retention of the doctrine and worship of the Book of Common Prayer as required by the Solemn Declaration of 1893, the founding document of the autonomous Anglican Church of Canada."

Book of Common Prayer (BCP) used in Canada was originally composed in 1962, and is a national expression of a tradition of Christian worship stemming from the original BCP published by the Church of England in 1549.






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The Prayer Book Society of Canada or PBS is an organization within the Anglican Church of Canada
Anglican Church of Canada

The Anglican Church of Canada is the sole Canada representative of the Anglican Communion. The official French name is l'?glise Anglicane du Canada....
 which "promotes the understanding and use of the Book of Common Prayer
Book of Common Prayer

The Book of Common Prayer is the common title of a number of prayer books of the Church of England and used throughout the Anglican Communion. The first book, published in 1549 , in the reign of Edward VI of England, was a product of the English Reformation following the break with Roman Catholic Church....
 as a spiritual system of nurture for life in Christ". Founded in 1985, the PBS seeks to "ensure the retention of the doctrine and worship of the Book of Common Prayer as required by the Solemn Declaration of 1893, the founding document of the autonomous Anglican Church of Canada."

Book of Common Prayer

The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) used in Canada was originally composed in 1962, and is a national expression of a tradition of Christian worship stemming from the original BCP published by the Church of England in 1549. The original 1549 BCP was itself a revision of the medieval forms of worship in use within the English Church prior to the Reformation. The BCP simplified older forms, and made the Bible itself the standard of all Christian worship.

The BCP contains in one volume what previously had been contained in many separate tomes: The Daily Offices (which are the Church's daily Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer

Morning Prayer , in the various editions of the Book of Common Prayer and other Anglican liturgical texts, was, until the last half of the twentieth century, the main Sunday morning service on most Sundays in all but the most high church Anglican parishes, with Holy Communion being the main Sunday morning service once or twice per month...
 and Evening Prayer
Evening Prayer (Anglican)

Evening Prayer is a liturgy in use in the Anglican Communion and celebrated in the late afternoon or evening. It is also commonly known as Evensong, especially when the office is rendered choir ....
), the Liturgy of the Holy Communion, the Ordinal (services for the ordinations of bishops, priests, and deacons), as well as many other services of the Church, such as the Penitential Rite (used on Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday

In the Western Christianity calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty-six days before Easter. It falls on a different date each year, because it is dependent on the Computus; it can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10....
), and the Baptism
Baptism

In Christianity, baptism is the ritual act, with the use of water, by which one is admitted as a full member of the Christian Church and, in the view of some, as a member of the particular Church in which the baptism is administered....
 services.

History

In the face of new liturgical developments, including the discoveries of ancient texts, documents and practices in the 1970s, which brought about the use of the Book of Alternative Services
Book of Alternative Services

The Book of Alternative Services is the contemporary, inclusive-language liturgical book used alongside the Book of Common Prayer in a number of parishes of the Anglican Church of Canada....
 (BAS) in Canada, thousands of Canadian Anglicans banded together to form a Society to preserve the traditions of Common Prayer in parishes across Canada. The Society is made up of clergy and laity within the Anglican Church of Canada, and is governed by a National Council made up of representatives from many dioceses in the Anglican Church of Canada. There are also local "Branches" and "Institutes" of the Society in many Canadian Dioceses.

The Prayer Book Society of Canada has sister organizations in Great Britain (under the patronage of Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales

The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the eldest child of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, making him heir apparent, equally and separately, to the thrones of Commonwealth realm....
), The United States, and Australia, which share a common mandate and purpose. Prayer Book Societies around the world represent a broad spectrum of theological perspectives within Anglicanism. Members share a common desire to preserve the theological, liturgical and devotional tradition of Common Prayer within world-wide Anglicanism.

The Prayer Book Society of Canada is still one of the largest independent organizations within the Anglican Church of Canada. It has extended beyond its stated mandate to lobby in favour of general social conservatism in the Anglican Church, opposing practices such as the blessing of same-sex unions, and becoming one of three constituent organisations within Anglican Essentials Canada
Anglican Essentials Canada

Anglican Essentials Canada is a Conservative Christianity group within the Anglican Church of Canada created by the coalition of three ministries within the Anglican Church of Canada:...
.

External links

  • Official website. Includes of the Book of Common Prayer (Canada 1962 Edition).
  • in Canadian French
    Canadian French

    Canadian French is an umbrella term for the varieties of the French language used in Canada. French is the mother tongue of about seven million Canadians and is one of the country's two official languages, along with English language....
    .
  • A website for the study and use of the traditional Western Eucharistic lectionary preserved in the Book of Common Prayer.