A curious paper and presentation. He decries the Book of Common Prayer as archaic in phrasing and overly repetitious. The Byzantine Liturgy--of even a modern language translation--is as inaccessible as any 1928, 1662 prayer book tradition, and certainly more repetitious. A curious perspective, but not surprising given his former position developing the Church of England's alternative services. In this, the traditional prayer book is apparently a barrier because all old-fashioned, Cranmerian language "tends now to isolate the faith in a pre-scientific, pre-Enlightenment ghetto: putting it crudely, I don’t want to have always to put on my doublet and hose before I join in public prayer." -☕

June 14, 2013

Length: 54:46

On the 350th anniversary of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer (1662), Professor David Frost, Principal of the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, assesses the influence of the Anglican rites on Orthodox theology and worship.

In paper form, with much of the same content:

Professor David Frost

Principal and Administrator, The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge