[Magdalen] Samuel Seabury and Church of Scotland

[Chad Wohlers]

Yes, it is the case that the US Episcopal Church (more or less) adopted 
the Scottish Eucharist and used it through the 1928 BCP. The differences 
between that and the English 1662 BCP had to do with Invocation of the 
Holy Spirit and other points which seem rather arcane to my admittedly 
non-theological mind. The current US 1979 BCP, along with the CofE 
Common Worship, Canadian BAS, RC Mass, etc., owe more to the liturgical 
revival of the mid 20th century.

I have them all online so you can compare them yourself:
Scottish 1637 BCP: 
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Scotland/BCP_1637.htm
Scottish Eucharist used at Seabury's Consecration: 
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Scotland/Scot1764_Communion.htm
The first US BCP  (1789): 
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/1789/BCP_1789.htm
US 1928 BCP: http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/1928/BCP_1928.htm

-- 
Chad Wohlers
chad at satucket.com
Woodbury, VT   USA


On 7/11/2020 8:35 AM, Romain Kang wrote:
> One of my Lutheran friends watched "Hamilton" and started musing on the
> historical Seabury:
>
> I read that the only condition imposed by the Church of Scotland was that
> Seabury learn and promote the Scottish rite of the Eucharist, which is
> considerably longer than that of the Book Of Common Prayer. Is that liturgy
> still used in the U.S.? I've only taken communion twice in an Episcopal
> Church, and both times the liturgy was the same one I knew from the Roman
> Catholic Mass and Lutheran Order of Worship for Communion.
>
> I don't remember hearing about the condition regarding the Scottish rite,
> but I'm not aware of any specifically Scottish elements in the TEC's 21st
> century eucharistic liturgies.  Anyone know more about this history?
>
> Cheers,
> Romain