Triduum in the Book of Common Prayer

[Pixie_Dust]

I’m wondering if anyone knows how close the liturgies in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer (1979 edition, I believe) for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil are to what my family and I will experience this week?

Long story short: We are hoping to begin the process of joining the RCC ASAP. We didn’t get the call to Rome soon enough in the liturgical year to come in this weekend, unfortunately. The Triduum will be my dh’s first EVER experience with liturgical worship. I am more familiar with liturgical worship, the BCP being one of the instruments that drew me out of my IFB background and towards Rome.

I have the BCP and was hoping that it was close enough to at least give dh an idea of what to expect. Am I right?

 

[introibo]

According to Wikipedia (which, of course, may or may not be a trustworthy source):

“The [Easter Vigil] service, as provided for example in the current version of the Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA)…follows more or less the same form as the Roman Catholic service described above, with some variations in texts and ritual. The four-part structure of the Vigil is retained, though in the ECUSA rite the service of baptism follows immediately after the readings from the Old Testament. Confirmations occur only when the bishop is present, because, in the Anglican tradition, only a bishop may administer confirmation.”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Vigil

Hope this helps! And enjoy the weekend.

 

[Pixie_Dust]

According to Wikipedia (which, of course, may or may not be a trustworthy source):

“The [Easter Vigil] service, as provided for example in the current version of the Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA)…follows more or less the same form as the Roman Catholic service described above, with some variations in texts and ritual. The four-part structure of the Vigil is retained, though in the ECUSA rite the service of baptism follows immediately after the readings from the Old Testament. Confirmations occur only when the bishop is present, because, in the Anglican tradition, only a bishop may administer confirmation.”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Vigil

Hope this helps! And enjoy the weekend.

Thank you! I told dh it might not be verbatim but that it should give him a rough idea of what goes on, and I wanted to make sure I hadn’t misspoken.

 

[THutch04]

If you’re using the Rite II version, then he shouldn’t have too much of a problem.