Official Links
- The Episcopal Church
- Church Publishing
- RitePlanning - Church Publishing (hosted by Augsburg Fortress) offers a comprehensive library of liturgical and music resources, fully customizable templates, content for special services and celebrations, and other resources.
- RiteSeries - Church Publishing offers digital versions of liturgies and hymnals so that congregations and worshiping communities can create bulletins/worship materials.
- Prayer Book Studies Volumes I-XVII - Kindle Edition of the published by Church Publishing. A second Kindle collection of Prayer Book Studies is planned for release in 2020.
- Resolutions from the 78th General Convention (2018) concerning Prayer Book Revision
- How2Charist - Instructed Eucharist Produced by The Episcopal Church
Constitution and Canons-2018 / Constitución y Cánones-2018
The updated Constitution and Canons is available for free as a downloadable PDF file or as an HTML file directly viewable in the browser. Please click one of the below links. Or use the print link to purchase a print copy for $35.00.
La Constitución y los Cánones actualizados están disponibles gratuitamente como un archivo PDF descargable o como un archivo HTML directamente visible en el navegador. Por favor, haga clic en uno de los siguientes enlaces. O use el enlace de impresión para comprar una copia impresa por $35.00.
The updated Constitution and Canons is available for free as a downloadable PDF file or as an HTML file directly viewable in the browser. Please click one of the below links. Or use the print link to purchase a print copy for $35.00.
- Constitution and Canons 2018 - English--pdf
- Constitution and Canons 2018 - English--html
- Constitution and Canons 2018 - accessible version--pdf
- Constitution and Canons 2018 - English--Print
- Errata Sheet - Constitution and Canons 2018--pdf
La Constitución y los Cánones actualizados están disponibles gratuitamente como un archivo PDF descargable o como un archivo HTML directamente visible en el navegador. Por favor, haga clic en uno de los siguientes enlaces. O use el enlace de impresión para comprar una copia impresa por $35.00.
Acts / Archives of General Convention
- Archives of the Acts of General Convention
- English
- Español (availability unknown)
- Blue Book Reports from the Standing Commission(s) on Liturgy and Music (1976 to the Present) and related topics
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1976 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1976 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1979 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1979 General Convention
- Joint Committee on the Continued Use of the 1928 Prayer Book Report to the 1979 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1982 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1982 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1985 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1985 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1988 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1988 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1991 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1991 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1994 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1994 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1997 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1997 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2000 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2003 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2006 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2009 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2012 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2015 General Convention
- Task Force on the Study of Marriage Report to the 2015 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2018 General Convention
- Task Force on the Study of Marriage Report to the 2018 General Convention
- Virtual Binder 2018 - Acts of the 2018 General Convention - NOTE: The Virtual Binder displays every Resolution that was brought to the floor in 2018. Only acts that are noted with "Concur," "Concur as Amended," or "Concur with referral to Interim Body" were passed and became Acts of Convention.
Additional Resources that are not authorized by General Convention but appear on the official Episcopal Church website
These materials do not appear in our FAQ because they may not be authorized in any official way. However, they are available on the official Episcopal Church web site, and so we list them here for informational purposes only.
Asian Language Translations of Prayer Book Liturgies
Ecumenical Liturgies
Other Liturgical Materials
Other Liturgical Resources
Asian Language Translations of Prayer Book Liturgies
- Hmong Language Liturgy
- Vietnamese Language Liturgy
- Ilocano Language Liturgy
- Japanese language liturgy
- Nepalese language liturgy
- Korean And English Eucharist On Facing Pages
- Korean language liturgy
Ecumenical Liturgies
- Prayers of the People for ELCA 10th Anniversary Full Communion Celebration - The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America are in full communion.
- Churches Uniting In Christ Liturgy - Churches Uniting in Christ is an ecumenical group of eleven denominations of which The Episcopal Church is a member.
- Beijing Circle Prayer/Covenant
Other Liturgical Materials
- Prayer over Pledge Cards
- Litany for the children - A litany for the unaccompanied child migrants
- Saint Francis Day Resources - The material here is not the same as what is authorized in the Book of Occasional Services
- Eucharistic Liturgy For The Tragedy In Orlando
- Liturgy For Those Leaving For Military Service
- Native American/Alaska Native And Native Hawaiian Liturgy Sampler
- The Holy Eucharist: In Celebration of the Millennium Development Goals
- Mar_Thoma_Liturgy 1956
Other Liturgical Resources
- Calendar of the Church Year - This information is interesting, but has not been officially endorsed by General Convention.
- Liturgical Colors - This information is interesting, but has not been officially endorsed by General Convention and liturgical colors are not mandated or endorsed anywhere in the Book of Common Prayer.
Other Resources
(These are not formally maintained by The Episcopal Church)
(These are not formally maintained by The Episcopal Church)
- Forward Movement - "Forward Movement is best known for our popular daily devotional Forward Day by Day, which provides daily meditations based on Bible scripture readings appointed by the lectionary and Daily Office. Forward Day by Day is published in English, Spanish, large print, audio cassette, and Braille editions, and the daily meditation is available online and by podcast."
- Episcopal Liturgy: Documenting Worship in Congregations - Photos, field notes, and sound from liturgy in congregations across The Episcopal Church, by Jim Turrell
- BCP online - The Book of Common Prayer 1979
- The Book of Common Prayer - A resource page with numerous present and former Books of Common Prayer from around the Anglican Communion
- The Lectionary Page - Sunday and Holy Day Lectionary (RCL & NRSV)
- ELLC - English Language Liturgical Consultation - The ELLC texts were used or adapted in many of the post-BCP79 liturgical resources. ELLC is the followup to ICET (International Consultation on English Texts - many texts in the BCP79 were ICET texts or adapted from ICET texts)
- St. Bede's Breviary - A Daily Office resource
- Mission Saint Clare Daily Office - A Daily Office Resource
- Lectionary links for Daily Office / Daily Eucharist - Satucket
- Lectionary word files for Daily Office / Daily Eucharist - St. Mary's Times Square
- Project Canterbury Book of Common Prayer Texts - Project Canterbury compiles out of print texts from Anglican history.
- Venite App A customizable app that allows the user to put together liturgies from various authorized liturgical texts and create bulletins. The app was developed by the Rev. Greg Johnston.
