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Common Order, Book of
Common Order, Book of.
1. The directory of worship drawn up by J. Knox in 1556 for the English Protestant congregation in Geneva. Appointed for use in Scotland by the General Assembly in 1562, it was replaced by the Westminster Assembly's ‘Directory of Public Worship’ in 1645. 2. In modern times the title has been revived for various service-books, none of them mandatory, used in Scotland by Churches of the Presbyterian tradition. Following the union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church in 1929, the 1940 Book of Common Order was authorized by the General Assembly. The 1979 Book of Common Order was a revision of the 1940 Book. In 1994 a new book, called Common Order, was published. |
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Common Order, Book of." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Common Order, Book of." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-CommonOrderBookof.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Common Order, Book of." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-CommonOrderBookof.html |
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Book of Common Order
Book of Common Order. Published (1564) as the Church of Scotland's regulations for public worship. Its predecessor, brought from Geneva by John Knox (1559), possibly originated among English refugees in Frankfurt. Because a metrical psalter was added (1564), it was known as the ‘Psalm-book’. A Gaelic version was published (1567). Often revised since 1867, the Book's 1940 version, incorporating insights of the modern liturgical movement, was perhaps the most progressive liturgy until the second Vatican Council (1961–5). Newer versions have appeared (1979 and 1994) affirming the centrality of the eucharist as the principal Sunday service.
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JOHN CANNON. "Book of Common Order." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Book of Common Order." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BookofCommonOrder.html JOHN CANNON. "Book of Common Order." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BookofCommonOrder.html |
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