The Shape Fallacy: The Book of Common Prayer as Text

The Reformers were concerned not only with theology but also with its expression in worship. Many liturgies were produced in the churches of the magisterial Reformation in Germany, England, Switzerland, and elsewhere.

Calvin on the Public Rites of Confession and Absolution

In the third book of his Institutes, John Calvin argues that the church’s worship should begin with a corporate prayer of confession:

“Besides the fact that ordinary confession has been commended by the Lord’s mouth, no one of sound mind, who weighs its usefulness, can dare disapprove it….