Liber
Precum
Publicarum

The 1979 U. S.
Book of Common Prayer
in Latin

The Book of Common Prayer has been translated into Latin before: the 1559 Elizabethan Book in 1560, and the 1662 Book in 1670 along with several translations in the 19th Century. However, until now, no American edition has been rendered into Latin, as far as we know. The translation presented here was done by a single individual and has no official status; but we do feel it should prove useful for devotion and scholarship.

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This Latin translation was done by Roderick Thompson, an Episcopal priest in San Francisco, to whom I am grateful for permission to put it on the Web.

Tabula Argumentorum
Table of Contents

De Liturgia Ecclesiae
    [Concerning the Service of the Church]
Kalendarium Anni Ecclesiastici
    [Calendar of the Church Year]
 

Ordo ad Matutinas Preces Quotidianas
    [Morning Prayer]
Ordo ad Meridiem
    [Order of Service for Noonday]
Ordo ad Vesperam
    [Order of Worship for the Evening]
Ordo ad Vespertinas Preces Quotidianas
    [Evening Prayer]
Ordo ad Completorium
    [Compline ]
Devotiones Quotidianae pro Singulis et Familiis
    [Daily Devotions for Individuals & Families]
 

Feria Quarta Cinerum
    [Ash Wednesday]
Dominica in Palmis
    [Palm Sunday]
Feria Quinta in Cena Domini
    [Maundy Thursday]
Feria Sexta in Parasceve
    [Good Friday]
Sabbato Sancto
    [Holy Saturday]
Vigilia Paschalis
    [Easter Vigil]
 

Exhortatio
    [Exhortation]
Ordinis Paenitentialis: Ritus Primus
    [Penitential Order, Rite I]
Sanctae Eucharistiae: Ritus Primus
    [Holy Eucharist, Rite I]
Ordinis Paenitentialis: Ritus Secundus
    [Penitential Order, Rite II]
Sanctae Eucharistiae: Ritus Secundus
    [Holy Eucharist, Rite II]
Communio in Temporibus Singularibus
    [Communion under Special Circumstances]
Ordo ad Celebrandum Sanctam Eucharistiam
    [Order for Celebrating the Holy Eucharist]

Confirmatio
    [Confirmation]
Forma pro Dedicatione ad Ministerium Christianum
    [Form of Commitment to Christian Service]
Celebratio et Benedictio Nuptiarum
    [Celebration & Blessing of a Marriage]
Benedictio Matrimonii Civilis
    [Blessing of a Civil Marriage]
Ordo Nuptiarum
    [Order for Marriage]
Gratiarum Actio Pro Partu vel Adoptione Parvuli
    [Thanksgiving for the Birth or Adoption of a Child]
Reconciliatio Paenitentis
    [Reconciliation of a Penitent]
Ministratio Infirmis
    [Ministration to the Sick]
In Articulo Mortis
    [Ministration at the Time of Death]
Ad Sepulturam Mortuorum
    [Burial of the Dead]
Ordo Sepulturae
    [Order for Burial]
 

Ordinatio Episcopi
    [Ordination of a Bishop]
Ordinatio Presbyteri
    [Ordination of a Priest]
Ordinatio Diaconi
    [Ordination of a Deacon]
Litania pro Ordinationibus
    [Litany for Ordinations]
Celebratio Ministerii Novi
    [Celebration of New Ministry]
Dedicatio et Consecratio Ecclesiae
    [Consecration of a Church or Chapel]