Christ is risen from the dead: Thoughts on the BCP Easter Anthem
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In this episode, Fr Jonathan and Dr Matthew discuss the Easter Anthem from the Book of Common Prayer (text below). This anthem is an arrangement of three scriptural passages to be used in place of the Venite at Morning Prayer on Easter. We hope that our meditations may bless your celebration of the Resurrection this Eastertide.
The text:
CHRIST our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast; Not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness; / but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Corinthians 5. 7.
Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; / death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, / but alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6. 9.
Christ is risen from the dead, / and become the first-fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, / by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, / even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15. 20.
GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, / and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, / world without end. Amen.
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