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Thomas Cranmer on Prayer Book Renewal - Anglican (Psalm 51:10)

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"'Create and make in us new and contrite hearts'—so we pray in the Collect. Weekly, daily, we ask for cleansing. The liturgy forms us: confession, absolution, renewal. The clean heart is the praying heart, the worshipping heart, formed by the rhythms of common prayer." — Thomas Cranmer. Anglican: liturgical renewal.

Topics & Themes

liturgyconfessionabsolutionprayerworship

Scripture References

Psalm 51:10

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hoperepentancejoy

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