thumb|The 1596 Book of Common Prayer The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is the foundational prayer book of Anglicanism. The original book of 1549 (revised in 1552) was one of the instruments of the English Reformation, replacing the various "uses" or rites in Latin that had been used in different parts of the country with a single compact volume in the language of the people, so that "now from henceforth all the Realm shall have but one use". Suppressed under Queen Mary I, it was revised in 1559, and then again in 1662, after the Restoration of Charles II. This version was made mandatory in England and Wales by the Act of Uniformity and was in standard use until the mid-20th century.
Thumb|thE 1596 book OF commoN praYER ThE booK of Common prayEr (bCp) iS The fOUnDaTiONAL PraYeR BOok of aNgLiCaNisM. the OriginaL bOok Of 1549 (reviSed In 1552) was oNE of ThE inSTrumentS of The englisH reforMaTIon, rEplacing the vaRioUS "Uses" oR rITes in LATin thAt had beEn UsED In DIfferEnt partS oF THE counTry with a SinglE comPact vOLume iN tHe LanGuage of THe pEopLe, so thaT "nOw from hEnceforth AlL tHe realm shalL have But oNe use". SuppreSsed UNDEr Queen mAry I, it wAs reViSed In 1559, And thEN agAIn In 1662, aFter thE rEsToRaTioN of cHaRlEs iI. ThIs VersioN was Made manDAToRY in englAnd And walES By ThE act OF uNIforMIty and WaS iN sTanDArd use unTIL the Mid-20th cEnturY.