The ''Book of Divine Worship'' (''BDW'') is an adaptation of the American ''

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'' (BCP) by the

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. It was used primarily by former members of the Episcopal Church within

Anglican Use The Anglican Use is an officially approved form of liturgy used by former members of the Anglican Communion who joined the Catholic Church while wishing to maintain "aspects of the Anglican patrimony that are of particular value". The use's m ...

parishes of the

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and the

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. It has been replaced by a new book to be used worldwide, titled '' Divine Worship: The Missal''.

History

Along with the ordination of married former Episcopal priests, the

of 1980 permitted the establishment of Anglican Use parishes in the

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and created a special missal using liturgical elements from the Anglican tradition.

End-of-life

The ''Book of Divine Worship'' was seen as US-centric and was not used in parishes of the

outside the US, but was instrumental in the joint development of a new liturgy by the Interdicasterial Commission Anglicanae Traditiones of the

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and the

Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments it, Dicastero per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti , type = Dicastery , seal = Coat of arms Holy See.svg , seal_size = 100px , seal_caption = Coat of arms of the Holy See , logo = , p ...

to be the traditional language liturgy for all Ordinariate parishes worldwide as called for by the apostolic constitution ''Anglicanorum Coetibus'' of 4 November 2009. In 2015, '' Divine Worship: The Missal'' was published., Catholic Truth Society

References

External links

The ''Book of Divine Worship'' ''(BDW)''
{{Personal ordinariates for former Anglicans Roman Rite liturgical books Catholic missals Catholic Church in the United States Personal ordinariates 2003 non-fiction books