A Book Of Offices Services For Occasions Not Provided For In The Book Of Common Prayer

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For those occasions where the standard Book of Common Prayer does not provide a specific service, the Episcopal Church has created this Book of Offices. It includes services for the ordination of deacons and priests, the consecration of bishops, the dedication of churches and altars, and much more. A vital resource for any Episcopalian. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Excerpt from A Book of Offices: Services for Occasions Not Provided for in the Book of Common Prayer At the General Convention in Richmond, in 1907, a Committee of the House of Bishops was appointed to consider the preparation of a Book of Offices for occasions not provided for in the Book of Common Prayer. The Bishops of Texas, Kansas, Newark, Springfield, and Fond du Lac constituted the Committee. This Committee found the wish for such a Book so general that at Cincinnati in 1910 they presented a Book which was received by the Bishops and allowed to be distributed in the House. Subsequently the Bishops retained the copies distributed and were asked to send further suggestions to the Committee, which was continued, to report in 1913. The second Report of the Committee, presented in New York in 1913, was again referred back for further consideration. At the General Convention at St. Louis, in 1916, a number of corrections and changes were presented by the Committee and the following Resolution was passed: "Resolved, That the Book of Offices for Occasions not Provided for in the Book of Common Prayer be published after the changes submitted with this Report have been made, and is hereby set forth for use where the Bishop of the Diocese may authorize it." After all due care and consideration the Book of Offices for Occasions not Provided for in the Book of Common Prayer is now authorized for use in the Church, subject to the discretion of each diocesan Bishop. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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