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As the Lady Jane Grey Dudley walked solemnly across the frozen ground of the Tower of London and toward the scaffold on which she was to be executed, she read silently from a tiny hand-written book of reformist prayers that she carried with her. The prayers contained within the book were already very familiar to the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane, but she drew strength from reading them again, allowing her to remain remarkably composed as she approached the block and the executioner's axe. The Lady Jane's exceptional dignity in the face of death would earn for her the title of religious...

The Book of Cerne (Cambridge University library, MSLLL10) reveals a complex interplay of text, script, and image. It offers a fascinating insight into Insular culture and is the only surviving illuminated manuscript that can be firmly attributed to the powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. At the time of its production, around 820-840, princes and prelates were vying for power and the Vikings were knocking, less than politely, at the door.

The Book of Cerne is a prayerbook (meditating upon the themes of salvation and the communion of saints) made for a patron...

This is the standard Book of Common Prayer (BCP) and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church together with The Psalter or Psalms of David according to use in the Episcopal Church in the United States authorized in 1979. Included is the normative edition of The Hymnal 1982 for all who sing, choir and congregation alike, containing all hymns and service music. Genuine leather, gold edges, ribbon markers, gift box.

The long-awaited return of a devotional classic

The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) and the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible are an excellent and logical combination for personal use, both in daily devotion and study, and on Sundays during the liturgy. The NRSV translation of the Bible is accurate, elegant, highly acclaimed by scholars, and enjoys wide use in congregations of the Episcopal Church. This is one book that includes both the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) and the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Delivers in a sturdy attractive box.

The long-awaited return of a devotional classic

"The Book of Common Prayer" (BCP) and the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible are an excellent and logical combination for personal use, both in daily devotion and study, and on Sundays during the liturgy. The NRSV translation of the Bible is accurate, elegant, highly acclaimed by scholars, and enjoys wide use in congregations of the Episcopal Church. This is one book that includes both the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) and the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Delivers in a sturdy attractive box.

Includes:
* Protective two-piece box
* Three ribbon markers
* Includes presentation Page section containing certificates for the Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage rites
* Revised...