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The Word "after" in the Rubric—Canons of 1604

By T. Y.

1. Can any of your correspondents who may have in their possession any old Greek, or Latin, or other versions, of the Book of Common Prayer, kindly inform me how the word *after* is rendered in the rubrics of the General Confession, the Lord's Prayer in the Post Communion, and the last prayer of the Commination Service? Is it in the sense of *post* or *secundum*? 2. Where can any account of the translation of the Canons of 1604 into English be found? It is apprehended the question is one more difficult to answer than might be supposed.

Topics: Book of Common Prayer, Canons of 1604, Translation, Religious Texts