1662 BCP

Just received in the mail from InterVarsity Press, The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition. I came to order it after reading this by Alan Jacobs, author of The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography:

What they have done is something deceptively simple, with only a few elements:

1. Take the 1662 Prayer Book;
2. Replace the prayers for the British monarchy with more general prayers for political leaders;
3. Replace a few terms that have become wholly archaic or have changed in meaning so much that they will not be understood;
4. Add a brief glossary for the unusual terms that it would have been unwise to replace;
5. Present the result in beautiful typography. 

That’s it! The distinctive structure of the 1662 BCP — built around the rhythms of Morning and Evening Prayer, following the changing seasons of the church year, and centering always on Coverdale’s Psalter — remains, and it remains because it can’t be bettered.

It is attractive, cloth-bound in green, compact, and with a red ribbon.

I haven't had time to examine it thoroughly but as I was opening it properly I came across the collects for today: 

 

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