The Sunday Service of the Methodists
Original Christian liturgical book of the Methodist churches
The Sunday Service of the Methodists (full title: The Sunday Service of the Methodists; With Other Occasional Services ) is the first Christian liturgical book given to the Methodist Churches by their founder, John Wesley . It has its basis in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer . [1] Editions were produced for Methodists in both the British Empire and in North America. [1] Wesley published the first edition in 1784 as The Sunday Service of the Methodists in North America with Other Occasional Services . [1]
The Sunday Service of the Methodists has immensely influenced later Methodist liturgical texts. [2] The Order for Morning Prayer for the Methodist Episcopal Church , for example, was adapted from The Sunday Service of the Methodists . [2] The more recent Book of Worship for Church and Home reprinted the original Morning Prayer office used in The Sunday Service of the Methodists . [2] Many of the liturgical rites, such as that of the Lord's Supper , in "The Ritual" of The Discipline of The Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection have preserved various prayers published in The Sunday Service of the Methodists . [3]
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- 1 2 3 Coe, Bufford W. (1996). John Wesley and Marriage . Lehigh University Press . p. 11. ISBN 9780934223393 .
- 1 2 3 Hefling, Charles; Shattuck, Cynthia (1 July 2006). The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer . Oxford University Press . p. 213 . ISBN 9780199723898 .
- ↑ The Discipline of the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (Original Allegheny Conference) . Salem : Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection . 2014. pp. 133–166.