A Companion to Common Worship

Includes a historical survey of the origins and development of many of the rites from New Testament times, accompanied by a commentary on the rite as a whole, and comparisons with the ASB and recommended titles for further reading.

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The new materials for Common Worship are now completed and come into use in the coming year. This second and final volume of commentary covers Daily Prayer, the Weekday Lectionary, Times and seasons, new Patterns for Worship, the Additional Collects, Rites on the Way, Wholeness and Healing, Reconciliation and Restoration, Marriage, Funerals, the Ordinal, Public Worship with Communion by Extension.