The Book of Common Prayer

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First published in Penguin Books 2012

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In the United Kingdom The Book of Common Prayer is protected by copyright. This edition of The Book of Common Prayer, the rights in which are vested in the Crown in the United Kingdom, is reproduced by permission of the Crown’s patentee, Cambridge University Press.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Church of England.

[Book of common prayer]

The Book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England : together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches, and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons / introduction by James Wood.—Penguin classics deluxe ed.

p. cm.

ISBN: 978-1-101-60355-0

I. Wood, James, 1965- II. Title.

BX5145.A4 2012

264’.03—dc23 2012025146

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