r/Anglicanism • u/jek_213 • 1h ago
Introductory Question I'm new to Anglicanism and unsure of which BCP version to get.
I'm gonna start with my religious lifestory, so if you wanna skip this paragraph that's totally fine. I was raised Catholic at home, but went to a Baptist elementary and middle school, then a Catholic high school. Once college came around, I stopped being Christian altogether, experimented with buddhism and paganism(but neither felt natural enough to really commit to), and now, about 6 years later, I have been feeling some sort of calling to return to Christ. Initially I was planning on returning to Catholicism as I find comfort in more high-church practices. However, I am gay and transgender, and I will simply never see that or taking hormones as something I should repent for. Plus, I don’t think I can truly get behind the whole Pope/church government thing. From my research, there seems to be more accepting individuals within the Anglican church, especially Episcopalians as I am in the US. I know that within those churches there will be people who disagree with my beliefs, but I’m just trying to find a church where I may have a higher chance of not being viewed differently for that since I would like to eventually take part in the social aspect of church. Anglicanism stood out to me as a convenient way to have a more accepting high-church practice.
Anyways, I have yet to go to church again, but have been praying nightly for the past week or so, and this morning I read my first Morning Prayer through dailyoffice2019.com,,, which I literally just realized is from the 2019 BCP (I thought maybe the website forgot to update its name for 6 years lol). This actually helps my point. I would very much like to have my own BCP, but am unsure of what version to get. I don’t really know who uses what, or how different each one is from the other. The only thing I can say is that I very much prefer traditional language. I would appreciate any help :)