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V.
The Canticles, continued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Magnificat,
Benedicite, Cantate Domino . . . . . . . . . . 77 Canticles which follow the
Second Lesson: . . . . . . . . 82 Benedictus, Nunc dimittis, Jubilate Deo,
Deus misereatur . 83
CHAPTER X.
PRAISE VI.
The Creeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 The Apostles'
Creed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Uses of
Creeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 History of the Apostles'
Creed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Creeds in the Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
95 Primitive Creeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Close of the Praise
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
CHAPTER XI.
Reason, History, and Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 I. About God, a.
What Reason has to say . . . . . . . . 101 b. What the Bible Revelation has
to say . 104 II. About Jesus Christ, a. What the outside world said . 106
b. What the Bible says . . . . . 107 III. About the Holy Ghost. What the
Bible says . . . . . . 111
CHAPTER XII.
Excursus on The 'Athanasian' Creed . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

CHAPTER XIII.
The Service of Prayer. I. Preces and Collects . . . . . . 127
Worship-Forms in the Prayer Service . . . . . . . . . . . 128 The Prayer
Service Rubrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 A. Preces, 132; B. Collects,
134; C. The other Prayers . . 142
CHAPTER XIV.
The Service of Prayer. II. Anthems . . . . . . . . . . . 146 a. Simple
Anthems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Example. Advent setting of
Venite . . . . . . . . . . -- b. Compound Anthems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
148 Example. The Easter Anthems in their original form . . -- Praise
and Prayer Anthems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Hymns as
Anthems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
CHAPTER XV.
The Service of Prayer. III. The Litany . . . . . . . . . 153 Ancient
Litanies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Rogation
Litanies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Structure of the
Litany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 i. Our cry to Christ, 159. ii. Our cry to
the Father, 170. iii. Appeal for help, 171. iv. Pressing anxieties of the
moment, 172. v. Final Commendation of our prayers to
Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Appendix C. Lessons in the Day Hours . . . . . . . . . . 173 Appendix D.
Pliny's Letter to Trajan . . . . . . . . . . 174 Appendix E. The addition of
Filioque . . . . . . . . . 176 Appendix F. Greek origin of
Litanies . . . . . . . . . . 177 Tables of Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .