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"ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live..." [1928 BCP]

What a wonderful passage! Is it still in the Book of Common Prayer?

40 posted on 07/06/2010 5:36:04 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)

"ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live..." [1928 BCP]
What a wonderful passage! Is it still in the Book of Common Prayer?

It's from the 1928 BCP (and I presume also in the American Missal), which is still in use in many American Anglican churches including mine. (Don't know about the '79.)

Committed to memory a long time ago for its poetry AND directness. "That he may turn from his wickedness and live" is not an infrequent prayer here.

46 posted on 07/06/2010 5:50:53 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)

Long time since I have been to morning prayer using a 1979 BoCP, but I don’t think it is in there.
I worship in a 1929 parish and love the grace and beauty of the liturgy. Nothing irritates me more than to hear someone say “oh the KJV and the old BoCP are too difficult for people to understand, the language is too formal and archaic”. We raised two children who love Shakespeare and the language of the KJV and older BoCP. They have no problem understanding what is said and meant.
The dumbing down of America has also invaded the churches.

58 posted on 07/07/2010 7:08:32 AM PDT by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)