ANGLICAN TRADITION 58 PRAYERS

Anglican prayers

Prayers from the Anglican tradition, drawn principally from the Book of Common Prayer of 1662, which has shaped English-language Christian worship for nearly four centuries. The Collects, the General Confession, the Prayer of Humble Access, the General Thanksgiving, and the Collects for the principal feast days of the church year.

Pew Research · Feb 2025 11% of US adults identify with mainline Protestant traditions
The Anglican and Episcopal tradition has historical depth in the United States despite its smaller current size. The Pew Research Center's 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study, published in February 2025, classifies the Episcopal Church and other Anglican bodies within the mainline Protestant grouping, which collectively represents 11% of US adults. The Episcopal Church is the largest Anglican body in the United States, with additional Anglican Continuing Churches representing smaller traditional Anglican communities.
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The Daily Office

Compline: The Order for Evening Prayer Ending 1st century AD (Nunc Dimittis); 1662 (BCP service) Evening Prayer: Opening 1549 (original); 1662 (current form) Morning Prayer: Opening 1549 (original); 1662 (current form)

The Collects

The Collect for Advent Sunday Ancient (Latin origin); 1549 (Cranmer translation); 1662 (current form) The Collect for Aid Against All Perils Ancient (Latin origin); 1549 (Cranmer translation); 1662 (current form) The Collect for All Saints Ancient (Latin origin); 1549 (Cranmer translation); 1662 (current form) The Collect for Grace 1549 (original); 1662 (current form) The Collect for Peace Ancient (Latin origin); 1549 (Cranmer translation); 1662 (current form) The Collect for Purity 11th century AD (Latin origin); 1549 (Cranmer translation); 1662 (current form)

Confession and thanksgiving

The General Confession 1552 (original); 1662 (current form) The General Thanksgiving 1662 The Prayer of St. Chrysostom (BCP) Ancient attribution; 1544 (Cranmer); 1662 (BCP form)

The Communion service

A Prayer for the Whole State of Christ's Church 1549 (original); 1662 (current form) The Prayer of Humble Access 1548 (original); 1662 (current form)

Christian year

A Christmas Prayer 1662 A Prayer for the Forty Days of Lent 1662 A Prayer for the Holy Spirit at Pentecost 1662 A Thanksgiving Day Prayer Traditional American An Advent Prayer Traditional; BCP 1662 language An Easter Prayer 1662 (BCP form); ancient (Orthodox form)

Life passages

A Prayer at a Funeral Traditional; BCP 1662 language A Prayer Before a Wedding Traditional; BCP 1662 language A Prayer for a Newborn Traditional; BCP 1662 language A Prayer for an Anniversary Traditional

Health and recovery

A Prayer at the Communion of the Sick (BCP) 1662 AD A Prayer for a Sick Person 1662 A Prayer for Anointing of the Sick 1st century AD (biblical pattern) A Prayer for the Sick (BCP) 1662 AD A Prayer in Sorrow Contemporary traditional form A Prayer of Thanksgiving for a Recovery 1662

Biblical canticles

The Prayer of Azariah c. 2nd century BC The Prayer of Manasseh c. 2nd century BC The Song of Hannah c. 1000 BC

Mass and Communion

The Confiteor 16th century AD Victimae Paschali Laudes c. 1040 AD

Other

St. Patrick's Breastplate 8th century AD (manuscript); 1889 AD (Alexander translation)

Patristic

Prayer of Cyprian of Carthage c. 250 AD Prayer of Tertullian c. 200 AD

Penitence and Passion

Stabat Mater 13th century AD The Stations of the Cross: Opening Prayer 17th century AD (formalized); Lasance 1913

Scriptural blessings

The Aaronic Blessing pre-6th century BC The Beatitudes 1st century AD

Scripture and Communion

Prayer of St. John Chrysostom 4th-5th century AD; Hapgood 1906; BCP 1662

The Creeds

The Apostles' Creed pre-700 AD (Latin form); 1662 (English BCP form) The Nicene Creed 325 AD (original); 381 AD (expanded form)

The Lord's Prayer family

The Lord's Prayer 1st century AD (biblical text); 1662 (English liturgical form, BCP)

The Psalms

Psalm 23 pre-6th century BC Psalm 51 pre-6th century BC Psalm 91 Ancient Israelite

The great hymns

The Magnificat 1st century AD The Sanctus 1st century AD The Te Deum 4th century AD Veni Creator Spiritus 9th century AD Veni Sancte Spiritus 13th century AD

The shorter prayers

The Agnus Dei c. 700 AD (liturgical form) The Glory Be 4th century AD (Latin form); 1662 (English BCP form) The Kyrie 4th century AD The Trisagion pre-500 AD