Schaefers
Puritan Board Freshman
Can someone clear something up for me...?
It is my understanding from reading the Westminster Directory that the Westminster divines were moving England away from high church liturgy and particularly the idolatrous way that many were regarding the Book of Common Prayer of the time, and this is why they had a directory, and not a liturgy. Am I oversimplifying this?
Also, why is it then that later the Westminster divines revised the BCP so that it would be fit for use in Presbyterian churches? And did it ever catch on, this Westminster revised version? It appears out of print, but is entirely available online.
It is my understanding from reading the Westminster Directory that the Westminster divines were moving England away from high church liturgy and particularly the idolatrous way that many were regarding the Book of Common Prayer of the time, and this is why they had a directory, and not a liturgy. Am I oversimplifying this?
Also, why is it then that later the Westminster divines revised the BCP so that it would be fit for use in Presbyterian churches? And did it ever catch on, this Westminster revised version? It appears out of print, but is entirely available online.