The Anglican Missal is a

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used liturgically by some

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s and other

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s as an alternative or supplement to editions of the ''

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''. The ''Anglican Missal'' is distinct from the similarly Anglo-Catholic

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, as the ''Anglican Missal'' is not primarily a translation of the

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of the

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History

The Anglican Missal was first produced in

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in 1921 by the Society of SS. Peter and Paul. The book reflected a particular way, drawn from the traditional

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, of celebrating the Eucharist according to

liturgical use. It was brought to the

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, and other English-speaking countries over the course of the 20th century.

American edition

In the United States, the Anglican Missal was produced in former years by the Frank Gavin Liturgical Foundation, which sold to the Anglican Parishes Association the rights to its publication. The Frank Gavin edition of the ''Anglican Missal in the American Edition'' is in turn simply an American version of the missal produced in

. Some adjustments were needed to adapt the version from England to use in the United States by the Frank Gavin Liturgical Foundation. In 2020, the Anglican Parishes Association published a new edition of the Anglican Missal, containing the Ordinary and Canon from the English (1549), American (1928), South African (1954), Canadian (1962), and Indian (1963) Prayer Books, along with a parallel text of the Gregorian Mass in Latin and in English. The new edition is available in two versions: the ''Anglican Altar Missal'' and the ''People's Anglican Missal''. The new American edition of the missal retains the three versions of the eucharistic prayer that were in the former edition. These are the American Canon of 1928 (related to Eucharistic Prayer I in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the

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), the 1549 canon as translated and illuminated by

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, and an English translation of the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I in modern Roman Catholic missals, called the "Gregorian Canon" in the ''Anglican Missal'').

Variations

Some Anglo-Catholic parishes use the ''Anglican Missal'', or some variation of it for the celebration of

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. Variations include the Anglican Service Book, the

, the ''A Manual of Anglo-Catholic Devotion'', and the directive books ''A Priest's Handbook'' by Dennis Michno and ''Ceremonies of the Eucharist'' by Howard E. Galley. All of these books (with the exception of ''Manual'' and Anglican Service Book) are intended primarily for celebration of the

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. They contain meditations for the presiding celebrant(s) during the liturgy, and other material such as the rite for the blessing of palms on

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, propers for special feast days, and instructions for proper ceremonial order. These books are used as a more expansively

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context in which to celebrate the liturgical use found in the Book of Common Prayer and related liturgical books.

References

Sources

The Sarum MissalSt. Augustine's House Lutheran Monastery, Ordo
*A Manual of Anglo-Catholic Devotion (Canterbury Press )

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