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George Bond's avatar

Using the 1979 BCP for Morning and Evening Prayer means I can get done faster which sometimes is essential in the morning. I like the thought of full verses but the reality of my day, even being fully retired but doing a lot for the church, mostly environmentally related, almost seems like a full job. When my wife was alive I did not even do the 1979 version as she would have objected!

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Gavin Dunbar's avatar

The “utopian” aspect of Cranmer’s daily office project is overstated. Guiver cites evidence of very well attended weekday services up to the late 18th c. New (Industrial Revolution) attitudes to time (reflected in the Shortened Services Act of 1873) seem to have involved in the collapse of weekday services.

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