The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition

Good value. Great print, ribbon marker. The 'additional prayers' being in the back is really helpful. One will find a letter by the editors to the reader on page 648.

This is a beautiful book. The contents are the wonderful 1662 BCP - but pleasingly without the cap doffing to the British Monarchy. This is for the international congregation and those who enjoy morning and evening prayer in the tradition of the Church of England, but without the nonsense stuff that is the political aspects - i.e. some irrelevant head of state (funny they aren't in the Bible either!). The book is so well made. Compact, your sewn binding and lovely feel to the cloth cover. Nice clear print and quality paper. Great!

Book is almost perfect high quality paper ~ highlights or comments in red fairly big fonts on a downside It'd be nice to have a few more ribbons ~ (it's only one)

I prefer the Cambridge version to be honest. This one is just too bulky. Admittedly the print is clear, but the paper is perhaps too white and crucially, it just won't stay open, nor fit in a pocket. Good sewn binding, nice cloth cover and well arranged. The international wording definitely has its place, but I'm not convinced that the spellings really needed updating as it just throws me every time I see a familiar passage with these changes. Others may prefer this one.

Came today. Book was delivered great. But it is the reading calenders that confuse me. I'd rather stick with my kjv daily reading plan. No disrespect to those who like the BCP IE. Just not for me.

Re: Book of Common Prayer in general, it transformed my devotional life and gave structure to my prayers and doctrine. A true gift to the Church from the Anglican tradition. Re: this edition, it really is what it claims to be - the authoritative standard for Anglican worship accessible to Christians of all backgrounds. I highly encourage those unfamiliar to the prayer book to give this version a try. The wording may first appear dated and distant, but its concision and gravity will soon grow on you, and it conveys the biblical truth in a surprisingly intimate and encouraging way. The editor's intention to honour the source material by "letting the words speak for themselves" is clearly visible (and appreciated). Personally, I love the use of the "real" 1662 Bible reading plan, which allows me to have my Bible reading and prayers done together every day. The font is pleasing to the eye. The format is compact: it's smaller than a Bible and "fits" in one hand to carry around, but it is definitely not a pocket edition where you're reading fineprints. My edition is printed on "actual" paper so it feels great to flip through, but I understand that later prints use paper that feels more like a photograph (?).

This international edition is not only great for its content, but also for its build. It has a Smyth Sewn binding. Truly a wonderful edition that will last for years to come.

The easiest part of the review is the physical quality of the book. It is exceptional (and quite a bargain). Some reviewers have complained that the compact size won't lie flat. This is a well-bound, thick book of handy size, so it is true that it will not lie open flat by itself. However, I'm not sure why this would be a problem for a prayer book, barring some special circumstance. I find it an ideal size. The single ribbon should also be sufficient, but can easily be supplemented by ribbon inserts for Catholic editions of Liturgy of the Hours that slide into the spine or less formal expedients. In short, this is a perfectly designed prayerbook to be used as such, and its compact size makes it handy to have and use. I was aware of the Anglican Church, of course, but outside of an admiration for C.S. Lewis, I had never seen it as having anything to do with me. Its use aboard 19th Century English warships piqued enough curiosity for me to order one for historical reasons. (Thank you Patrick O'Brian and Jack Aubrey.) I was astonished to find a brilliant prayer.resource that provided a straightforward route that covered vast territories of scripture in its morning and evening offices. And that with a minimum of page-flipping. (Even those proficient with the Catholic Liturgy of the Hours will appreciate this.) I loved the original lectionary that simply plods through scripture without many seasonal distractions. (A seasonal lectionary is included too.) The language is like the King James version of the Bible and every psalm and prayer are gems if that appeals to you. The Book of Common Prayer is indeed a treasure if the English language. And Cranmer and other English reformers skillfully brought together an improbable union of Roman Catholic and Reformed thought and worship that any Christian may admire. Thank you to IVP for bringing out such a beautiful and useful edition of this classic.

It is absolutely gorgeous and easy to read despite being a small book. My prescription is -14 and I can still read it. The print is very dark and the pages are very white. There are spaces between the prayers to make for easy reading. It is chock full of wonderful prayers with the old wording of days gone by. I'm gonna watch a utube video about how to use it for morning and evening prayers. I am non denominational but I enjoy lituragy. I compose music and it would be nice to set these prayers to song. During this lockdown time it feels like I brought a church service right inside my place!

This is a great little volume. If you are familiar with the classic editions of the Book of Common Prayer (BCP), then this should be very familiar to you. This is the definitive text for worship in the Anglican way. It contains services for Morning and Evening Prayer along with a lectionary of readings. A service for Holy Communion, Baptism, Burial, Matrimony and so forth. It also has the Coverdale translation of the Psalter, a confessional statements in the 39 articles of Religion, a short catechism and a Homily (short sermon) on Justification (this is one of the Homilies taken from the First Book of Homilies, The Official sermons of the Church of England AND one of the formularies used to establish doctrine). To the person that stated there is a typo with "Jesu" on page 3; that is not a typo. That is the spelling the English 1662 BCP uses as well. It is also the way it is spelled on page 19.