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===by the Church of England===
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The ''Book of Common Prayer'' is the liturgical book of the Anglican Church.<ref>''Encyclopaedia Britannica Online'', s.v. "[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/128612/Book-of-Common-Prayer Book of Common Prayer]," accessed September 29, 2015.</ref> First compiled in 1549, after the English Reformation and the separation of the Anglican Church from the Catholic Church in Rome,<ref>"[http://www.pbs.org.uk/the-bcp/the-bcp-story The BCP Story]," ''The Prayer Book Society'', September 29, 2015.</ref>, it was primarily the work of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cranmer Thomas Cranmer], Archbishop of Canterbury under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England Henry VIII].<ref>''Encyclopaedia Britannica Online'', s.v. "Book of Common Prayer."</ref> Within one volume, the ''Book of Common Prayer'' set out "the forms of service for daily and Sunday worship… morning prayer, evening prayer, the Litany, and Holy Communion ... the orders for baptism, confirmation, marriage, 'prayers to be said with the sick' and a funeral service."<ref>"The BCP Story."</ref><br/>

The influence of the ''Book of Common Prayer'' reaches beyond the Anglican Church: its prayers have been adapted by other Protestant denominations, and its marriage and burial rights are particularly well-known.<ref>"The BCP Story."</ref> It is the second most frequently cited book in the ''Oxford Dictionary of Quotations'', after the Bible.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Its influence on the English language is almost as great as that of the authorized King James version of the Bible and [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]]'s works.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br/>

Despite one of the original purposes of the book of common prayer to be a move away from Latin, the book was surprisingly translated into Latin so that it could be better understood by theological students on the continent. It was also used in colleges and universities where it was expected at the time that all would know Latin. The 1662 Book was first translated into Latin by Jean Durel in 1670. <ref>''The Book of Common prayer'', s.v. "[http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Latin1662/BCP_Latin1662.htm]," acessed September 29, 2015.</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==

==See also==
*''[[Biblos tēs Dēmosias Euchēs]]''
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]

==References==
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