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Faith & Life Lecture Series
LITURGY AS A DEVOTIONAL TREASURE: PRAYING
WITH THE CHURCH THROUGHOUT HISTORY
In the first session we discussed the nature of prayer, paying special attention to its purposes and forms, and consider the current debate between formulated, or scripted, prayers versus extemporaneous prayers. The second week examined how the church has prayed throughout its history, looking at the prayer disciplines of various Christian orders and traditions. In the third and fourth week, we narrowedour discussion to the Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer as found in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. We will examine the framework for our spiritual growth that is put in place by utilizing the liturgical calendar, the schedule for daily Scripture reading, and the set readings and prayers found in the Book of Common Prayer. Although the Anglican 1928 Book of Common Prayer was our base text, references were made to other liturgies throughout the history of the church, including those from the early church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Roman Catholic Church, as well as from various Protestant jurisdictions since the Reformation, including Presbyterian, Lutheran, Baptist, and Methodist.
THE REV'D SKIP BURZUMATO is rector of St. Andrews Reformed Episcopal Church in Savannah, Ga., and is the former Executive Director at the Center for Christian Study. An ordained priest in the Reformed Episcopal Church, he is a graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Miss., and holds a B.A. and M.A. in the Sociology of Religion from the University of Memphis, Tenn.
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