A BOOK OF
COMMON PRAYER
AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS
AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH
TOGETHER WITH THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING,
ORDAINING AND CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS, PRIESTS AND DEACONS

Set forth by authority for use in the Church in the Province of South Africa
[1954]



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The Calendar
Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts throughout the whole year
Table of Proper Psalms for Certain Days
Psalms for Special Occasions
The Table of Lessons
Lessons for Days not included in the foregoing Table
The Genral Rubrics of Morning and Evening Prayer
The Order for Morning and Evening Prayer
to be said and used daily throughout the Year
The Advent Anthems
Quicunque vult
The Litany
Occasional Prayers and Thanksgivings
The Order for the Administration of the Lord's Supper,
      or the Holy Communion, with Collects, Epistles, and Gospels:
      The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels of the Sundays and other Great Feasts
      The Order of Holy Communion
      The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels of the Lesser Feasts and Fasts
The Ministration of Public Baptism of Infants
The Ministration of Private Baptism of Children
The Form of Reception inoto the Congregation
The Form of admitting Catechumens
The Ministration of Baptism for those of Riper Years
A Catechism
The Order of Confirmation
A Form of Confession and Absolution
The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony
The Blessing of Civil Marriage
The Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth
The Ministry to the Sick
The Order for the Burial of the Dead
At the Burial of a Baptized Infant
A Devotion for Ash Wednesday
The Psalms of David
The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating
      of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons

APPENDIX

Form of Service at the Burial of an unbaptized Infant
Form of Service for the Burial of Persons in whose case
      the Prayer Book Service is not to be used
A Table of Kindred and Affinity