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The Common Worship Main Volume is the primary worship and service book for the Church of England. It contains material used on Sundays by most churches: a variety of Communion services and non-eucharistic forms of worship, as well as the basic Baptism service and the Psalms.
First published in 2000, this revised and updated 2024 edition contains fully updated royal prayers throughout, plus additional material authorised for use in the intervening years, including:
• Additional collects
• Alternative baptismal texts
• Additional Eucharistic Prayers
Full contents:
• The Declaration of Assent
• The Calendar
• A Service of the Word
• Morning and Evening Prayer on Sunday
• Morning and Evening Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer
• Night Prayer (Compline)
• Night Prayer (Compline) in Traditional Language
• Prayers for Various Occasions
• The Litany
• The Litany from the Book of Common Prayer
• Authorized Forms of Confession and Absolution
• Creeds and Authorized Affirmations of Faith
• Holy Communion including A Form of Preparation, Order One, Order One in Traditional Language, Order Two, Order Two in Contemporary Language, Supplementary Texts, Seasonal Provisions
• Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child
• Holy Baptism
• Collects and Post Communions
• Collects and Post Communions in Traditional Language
• Rules
• Lectionary
• The Psalter
• Canticles
