The Book of Common Prayer (1662)

The Church of England

Table of Contents

1. The Order for Morning Prayer,
   Daily throughout the year.
2. The Order for Evening Prayer,
   Daily throughout the year.
3. The Litany.
4. Prayers and Thanksgivings,
   Upon several ocasions.
5. Collects,
   To be used throughout the year.
   • The First Sunday in Advent through Quinquagesima Sunday.
   • The First Day of Lent through Easter Even.
   • Easter Day through Tuesday in Easter Week.
   • Trinity Sunday through the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity.
   • The Minor Festivals, or Saints' Days.
6. The Order of the Administration of the Lord's Supper, or
   Holy Communion.
7. Publick Baptism of Infants,
   To be used in the Church.
8. A Catechism,
   That is to say, and Instruction to be Learned of Every Person, before he be Brought to be Confirmed by the Bishop.
9. The Order of Confirmation,
   Or Laying on of Hands upon Those That Are Baptized and Come to Years of Discretion.
10. The Solemnization of Matrimony.
11. The Visitation of the Sick.
12. The Communion of the Sick.
13. The Burial of the Dead.
14. The Churching of Women,
    or the Thanksgiving of Women after Child-Birth.
15. A Commination,
    or Denouncing of God's Anger and Judgements against Sinners, with certain Prayers, to be used on the first Day of Lent, and at other times, as the Ordinary shall appoint.
16. Forms of Prayer to be used At Sea.
17. The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of
    • Bishops,
    • Priests,
    • and Deacons.