A Manual of Anglo-Catholic Devotion

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Summary: A MANUAL OF ANGLO-CATHOLIC DEVOTION
Review: A MANUAL OF ANGLO-CATHOLIC DEVOTION

This beautiful new book is probably just what the English Church needed. I must say that I'm disappointed that it is geared to the Church of England and not to the greater Anglican Communion.

Unfortunately most of the devotions are in the Rite II style (Contemporary language), including the Psalter section. I think there could have been more of a balance between the two styles. Even the "traditional" Mass section has elements of revision.

The illustrations in the Rosary section are lovely, but what happened to the traditional Gloria Patri? I am most impressed with the inclusion of the Marian Litany, the 'Litany of Loreto'. The Our Lady section is much too small and should have included other litanies, perhaps including some of the Franciscan devotions to the Blessed ever-Virgin Mary and more hymnody.

The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the scriptures should be avoided as not all Christians accept this version.

Rating:
Summary: A MANUAL OF ANGLO-CATHOLIC DEVOTION
Review: A MANUAL OF ANGLO-CATHOLIC DEVOTION

This beautiful new book is probably just what the English Church needed. I must say that I'm disappointed that it is geared to the Church of England and not to the greater Anglican Communion.

Unfortunately most of the devotions are in the Rite II style (Contemporary language), including the Psalter section. I think there could have been more of a balance between the two styles. Even the "traditional" Mass section has elements of revision.

The illustrations in the Rosary section are lovely, but what happened to the traditional Gloria Patri? I am most impressed with the inclusion of the Marian Litany, the 'Litany of Loreto'. The Our Lady section is much too small and should have included other litanies, perhaps including some of the Franciscan devotions to the Blessed ever-Virgin Mary and more hymnody.

The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the scriptures should be avoided as not all Christians accept this version.

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Summary: Overall a Good Source, But Needs Better Indexing
Review: I agree with the previous reviewer that there may be a bit too much modernization in the language, but that does make it easier to do with a family. For personal prayer time, I prefer the Anglican Breviary, but that language is quite archaic, and so I don't use it with the family.

What's also nice with this book is that it has some nice devotions, like the stations of the cross adapted for more of the family environment. It also provides several variants of Morning, Daily, and Evening prayer so that you have choices.

My only complaint is that it isn't indexed very well, and references are made to other sections that are awfully hard to find. For instance, in the non-traditional language Morning Prayer you are instructed to use week1 Psalmody for Passion Week and week2 for Holy Week. Finding the week1 and week2 Psalmody is quite difficult. It turns out its buried in the traditional language Morning Prayer (I think that's what is being referred to).

Rating:
Summary: Overall a Good Source, But Needs Better Indexing
Review: I agree with the previous reviewer that there may be a bit too much modernization in the language, but that does make it easier to do with a family. For personal prayer time, I prefer the Anglican Breviary, but that language is quite archaic, and so I don't use it with the family.

What's also nice with this book is that it has some nice devotions, like the stations of the cross adapted for more of the family environment. It also provides several variants of Morning, Daily, and Evening prayer so that you have choices.

My only complaint is that it isn't indexed very well, and references are made to other sections that are awfully hard to find. For instance, in the non-traditional language Morning Prayer you are instructed to use week1 Psalmody for Passion Week and week2 for Holy Week. Finding the week1 and week2 Psalmody is quite difficult. It turns out its buried in the traditional language Morning Prayer (I think that's what is being referred to).

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Summary: Great Devotional for Anglo-Catholics
Review: We use this devotional on Holy Days in my church and we love it!