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When the Puritans fled to America in 1620 it was to escape the discipline imposed by of the Book of Common Prayer, yet the book came to embody official religion in America before and after Independence, and is still in use. As British imperial ambitions spread, the Book of Common Prayer became the primary instrument (at least as much as the King James Bible) of English culture, firstly in Ireland in 1551. More listeners have heard these prayers, it is said, than the soliloquies of Shakespeare. For nearly five centuries, it has formed the order of worship for established Christianity in England. First published in the reign of Edward VI, in 1549, it was a product of the English Reformation following the break with Rome. The Book of Common Prayer is one of the most influential books in history.
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