electronic Common Prayer
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifestyle | $9.99 | Church Publishing Inc. (NY) | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Created by Church Publishing, Inc. (http://www.churchpublishing.org), eCP for iOS is built to run on all iOS devices
For those who want the most commonly used worship services and devotional content of the BCP along with the full lectionary texts in one app, look no further. eCP offers the following features:
* An interactive Calendar with complete access to Years A, B, & C of the RCL for Sundays and Holy Days, the Daily Office and Lesser Feasts and Fasts lectionary texts in the NRSV
* Feast pages include title and color in addition to presenting multiple feasts in order of precedence
* Easy navigation through content using a simple forward/back interface.
* Most commonly used services from the 1979 BCP, fully hyperlinked to lessons, Collects of the Day, and Psalms
* The complete Daily Office with readings and Psalms for each day in both Years 1 and 2
* Fully searchable content and Indexes for Psalms, Canticles, Collects, Prefaces, and Prayers & Thanksgivings. Search for text within title or content
* Canticles are supplemented with all of the alternatives from Enriching Our Worship.
* Swipe left/right navigation through Services, Psalms and other indexed material
* Psalm options for the Daily Office include both Psalms Appointed and the Thirty Day Psalter
*Bookmarking of content for easy access throughout the app.
*The ability to email content from within the app.
eCP requires NO INTERNET connection, as all texts are stored locally on your device, allowing you access to these texts no matter where you go.
eCP is perfect for personal devotion with the Daily Office and the variety of prayers from the Book of Common Prayer. Quick access to all of the lectionary texts is ideal for clergy or liturgy planners, or for pastoral care such as Ministration to the Sick or Reconciliation of a Penitent when on the road.
Planned updates include the addition of material from the Book of Occasional Services and Enriching Our Worship, Liturgical rites for same sex blessings, and other liturgical resources as approved for use by the General Convention. More than just an app, eCP is a framework for delivering content to our customers.
Whether lay or ordained, eCP offers the content of the Book of Common Prayer in a way that supports your devotion in a perfect mobile format for a busy world.
Reviews
Disappointed
Bartbyte
Got this app today because my other prayer book app no longer works on my updated iPhone. Specifically, I got it to read through the office of Confession, which does not seem to be included, along with the omission of the Catechism. So I am disappointed. All the other stuff I looked at seemed ok, it just doesn’t look like the BCP. I suppose I’ll get used to it if I actually use it.
UPDATE!!
10xTXgranny
I’m using it daily, Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families, and bookmarked various prayers. I’ve also begun using the special Collects offered and reading up on those commemorated. Gr8GraniE
Perfect BCP App
REHMV
Use the Book of Common Prayer? You need this app! The most flexible and powerful of all the BCP apps, you gain full access to every liturgy, readings, calendar options, along with the ability to search, bookmark, email, and print any section or lection. Great for on-the-spot prayers, liturgy planning, or today's Daily Office.
No page numbers
zimmerman80
Although the app has the daily office, and uses bookmarks effectively, there are no "page numbers" in the app, which makes it difficult to use this app along side the printed copy of the Prayer Book.
Bugs, bugs
Revs lope
Runs fine on iPhone but the write up says it works on iPad running 5.0 or higher. It will not run on 5.1.1 (screen flashes and then closes) and there seems to be no support that I can discern. Link for support goes only to a page with description and FAQs. Needs work.
Really good - needs page numbers
Michael Pipkin
I am very impressed. This app is better than iBCP - the pages scroll, which is a huge improvement over iBCP, there are hyperlinked rubrics, and there is an up-to-date calendar-based lectionary that clicks through to scripture readings - AND you can access scripture readings from the relevant parts of worship services. Excellent. My one request is that you add page numbers - much like an Altar Book, when using this app to lead worship it would be helpful to be able to call out the relevant page numbers for those who are still using BCP 1.0 (print editions!). Thanks for a great and thoughtful app. Well done.
electronic Common Prayer
Cn. Casey
I'm not usually a friend of electronic Prayer Books, much preferring the original. However, this is very good and well worth having. With a little practice it is easy to navigate, and I especially like the additional liturgies and prayers from Enriching our Worship. The Rev'd Canon Stephen C. Casey
Disappointing App
Mark-L
An app like this should make it simpler. Since most people are going to have the same general preferences (rite 1 vs. rite 2), an app like this should let me set some preferences and then display a morning prayer to go through all at once. I don't need an electronic re-creation of the BCP with all the flipping back and forth.
Pretty good
Skyblu78
Overall I'm happy with this app. Nice to go from daily lectionaries to morning prayer service. Only bug I've found so far is if you tap on "today" it takes you to a date in September. I tap again and then goes I correct date. Hoping for a fix soon!
Needs Work
BCPuser
Works well on iphone -- but on ipad with 5.1.1 it immediately cuts out. On the iphone it works exactly as advertised ... and I look forward to the ipad glitch being fixed.
