From The Book of
Common Prayer 1662
At Morning Prayer
Upon these Feasts; Christmas Day, the
Epiphany, Saint Matthias, Easter Day, Ascension Day,
Whitsunday, Saint John Baptist, Saint
James, Saint Bartholomew, Saint
Matthew, Saint Simon and Saint Jude,
Saint Andrew, and upon Trinity Sunday,
shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer, instead of the Apostles'
Creed, this Confession of our Christian Faith, commonly called the
Creed of Athanasius, by the Minister and people
standing.
Quicunque vult.
WHOSOEVER
will be saved : before all things it is necessary that he hold the
Catholick Faith.
Which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled : without
doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
And the Catholick Faith is this: That we worship one God in
Trinity, and Trinity in Unity;
Neither confounding the Persons : nor dividing the Substance.
For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son : and
another of the Holy Ghost.
But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,
is all one : the Glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal.
Such as the Father is, such is the Son : and such is the Holy
Ghost.
The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate : and the Holy Ghost uncreate.
The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible : and the
Holy Ghost incomprehensible.
The Father eternal, the Son eternal : and the Holy Ghost eternal.
And yet they are not three eternals : but one eternal.
As also there are not three incomprehensibles, nor three uncreated
: but one uncreated, and one incomprehensible.
So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty : and the Holy
Ghost Almighty.
And yet they are not three Almighties : but one Almighty.
So the Father is God, the Son is God : and the Holy Ghost is God.
And yet they are not three Gods : but one God.
So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord : and the Holy Ghost
Lord.
And yet not three Lords : but one Lord.
For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge
every Person by himself to be both God and Lord;
So are we forbidden by the Catholick Religion : to say, There be
three Gods, or three Lords.
The Father is made of none : neither created, nor begotten.
The Son is of the Father alone : not made, nor created, but
begotten.
The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son : neither made, nor
created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons
: one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts.
And in this Trinity none is afore, or after other : none is
greater, or less than another;
But the whole three Persons are co-eternal together : and co-equal.
So that in all things, as is aforesaid : the Unity in Trinity and
the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.
He therefore that will be saved : must think thus of the Trinity.
Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation : that he
also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the right Faith is, that we believe and confess : that our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man;
God, of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds :
and Man of the substance of his Mother, born in the world;
Perfect God and perfect Man : of a reasonable soul and human flesh
subsisting.
Equal to the Father, as touching his Godhead : and inferior to the
Father, as touching his manhood;
Who, although he be God and Man : yet he is not two, but one
Christ;
One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh : but by taking of
the Manhood into God;
One altogether; not by confusion of Substance : but by unity of
Person.
For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man : so God and Man is
one Christ;
Who suffered for our salvation : descended into hell, rose again
the third day from the dead.
He ascended into heaven, he sitteth at the right hand of the
Father, God Almighty : from whence he will come to judge the
quick and
the dead.
At whose coming all men will rise again with their bodies : and
shall give account for their own works.
And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting : and
they that have done evil into everlasting fire.
This is the Catholick Faith : which except a man believe
faithfully, he cannot be saved.
Glory be to the Father, &c.
As it was in the beginning, &c.
Prayers and Thanksgivings Upon Several Occasions
To be used before the two final Prayers of
the Litany, or of Morning and Evening Prayer.
For Rain.
O
GOD, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast
promised to all those who seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness
thereof, all things necessary to their bodily sustenance; Send us, we
beseech thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain and showers,
that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy
honour; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For Fair Weather
O
ALMIGHTY Lord God, who for the sin of man didst once drown
all the world, except eight persons, and afterward of thy great mercy
didst promise never to destroy it so again; We humbly beseech thee,
that although we for our iniquities have worthily deserved a plague of
rain and waters, yet upon our true repentance thou wilt send us such
weather, as that we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season;
and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives, and for thy
clemency to give thee praise and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
In Time of Dearth and Famine
O
GOD, heavenly Father, whose gift it is that the rain doth
fall, the earth is fruitful, beasts do increase, and fishes do
multiply; Behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions of thy people; and
grant that the scarcity and dearth, which we do now most justly suffer
for our iniquity, may, through thy goodness be mercifully turned into
cheapness and plenty; for the love of Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom,
with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, now and for
ever. Amen.
Or this
O
GOD, merciful Father, who, in the time of Elisha the prophet,
didst suddenly in Samaria turn great scarcity and dearth into plenty
and cheapness; Have mercy upon us, that we, who are now for our sins
punished with like adversity, may likewise find a seasonable relief :
Increase the fruits of the earth by thy heavenly benediction; and
grant that we, receiving thy bountiful liberality, may use the same to
thy glory, the relief of those that are needy, and our own comfort;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
In the time of War and Tumults
O
ALMIGHTY God, King of all kings, and Governor of all things,
whose power no creature is able to resist, to whom it belongeth justly
to punish sinners, and to be merciful to those who truly repent; Save
and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our enemies;
abate their pride, assuage their malice, and confound their devices;
that we, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore from
all perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory;
through the merits of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
In the time of any common Plague or Sickness
O
ALMIGHTY God, who in thy wrath did send a plague upon thine
own people in the wilderness, for their obstinate rebellion against
Moses and Aaron; and also, in the time of king David, didst slay with
the plague of Pestilence threescore and ten thousand, and yet
remembering thy mercy didst save the rest; Have pity upon us miserable
sinners, who now are visited with great sickness and mortality; that
like as thou didst then accept of an atonement, and didst command the
destroying Angel to cease from punishing, so it may now please thee to
withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
In the Ember Weeks, to be said every day, for
those that are about to be admitted into Holy Orders.
ALMIGHTY
God, our heavenly Father, who hast purchased to thyself an universal
Church by the precious blood of thy dear Son; Mercifully look upon the
same, and at this time so guide and govern the minds of thy servants
the Bishops and Pastors of thy flock, that they may lay hands suddenly
on no man, but faithfully and wisely make choice of fit persons, to
serve in the sacred Ministry of thy Church. And to those which shall
be ordained to any holy function, give thy grace and heavenly
benediction; that both by their life and doctrine they may show forth
thy glory, and set forward the salvation of all men; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Or this
ALMIGHTY
God, the giver of all good gifts, who of thy divine providence hast
appointed divers Orders in thy Church; Give thy grace, we humbly
beseech thee, to all those who are to be called to any office and
administration in the same; and so replenish them with the truth of
thy doctrine, and endue them with innocency of life, that they may
faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of thy great Name, and the
benefit of thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Prayer that may be said after any of the former
O
GOD, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to
forgive, receive our humble petitions; and though we be tied and bound
with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy
loose us; for the honour of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate.
Amen.
A Prayer for the High Court of Parliament,
to be read during their Session
MOST
gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for this Kingdom in general,
so especially for the High Court of Parliament, under our most
religious and gracious Queen at this time assembled: That thou
wouldest be pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations, to
the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy Church, the safety,
honour, and welfare of our Sovereign and her Dominions; that all
things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the
best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and
justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all
generations. These and all other necessaries, for them, for us, and
thy whole Church, we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Jesus
Christ, our most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.
A Collect or Prayer for all Conditions of Men, to be used at
such times when the Litany is not appointed to be said
O
GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly
beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men: that thou wouldest
be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto
all nations. More especially, we pray for the good estate of the
Catholick Church; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good
Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led
into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the
bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to
thy fatherly goodness all those, who are any ways afflicted, or
distressed, in mind, body, or estate; [*especially those for whom
our prayers are desired;] that it may please thee to comfort and
relieve them, according to their several necessities, giving them
patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their
afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake. Amen.
* This to be said when any desire the Prayers of the
Congregation
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