Book of Common Prayer

Margot Thompson demonstrates the great debt Shakespeare owed to his knowledge of the Book of Common Prayer and shows how the whole English language has been hugely and permanently enriched by the language of the Prayer Book.

An inspring companion for preachers, following the calendar of the Book of Common Prayer. For every BCP service focusing on the Gospel of the day, it offers a devotion, a commentary on the Gospel reading, an appropriate quotation, and a prayer in...