¹⁹Notwithstanding the Puritan criticisms, the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 is saturated with Scripture. It is Thomas Cranmer’s attempt to express Reformation theology in liturgical form so that the people would receive scriptural truth in their heads and hearts. It was meant to be a Protestant liturgy for a Protestant Church. Indeed, could any words be more “Protestant” than those prescribed for the minister as he administers the bread and the cup? “Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving…Drink this in remembrance that Christ’s Blood was shed for thee, and be thankful.”