Bible Dictionaries

Commendatory Prayer
A beautiful and impressive prayer added to the Prayer Book in 1661, and which is to be said over a dying person. This prayer ought to be memorized by

Common Prayer
Bishop Whitehead has given the following explanation of this term: "Common Prayer is so called in distinction from private or special prayer. It comprehends

Consecration, Prayer of
That portion of the Communion office beginning with the words, "All glory be to Thee, Almighty God," etc., and by which the Bread and the Wine become

Daily Prayer, the
By the appointment of Daily Morning and Evening Prayer set forth in the Prayer Book the Church designs that services should be held every day in the church

Hours of Prayer
(see canonical hours.)

Humble Access, Prayer of
the name given to the beautiful prayer offered in great humility just before the consecration in the holy communion, beginning, "we do not presume," etc. the words are taken from the most ancient liturgies.

Lord's Prayer, the
The prayer which our Blessed Lord taught His disciples when He said, "After this manner, therefore, pray ye," or as given in another place, "When ye pray,

Morning Prayer
The name given to the Church's Daily Office of prayer offered in the morning. In the first Prayer Book of 1549 both the Morning Service and that for evening

Prayer
Prayer has been defined as the soul's converse with God, or communion with God in devotional exercises, and may be said to be a universally recognized