Book of Alternative Services
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The Book of Alternative Services is a modern liturgical book of the Anglican Church of Canada that provides contemporary-language rites and worship resources as an alternative to the traditional Book of Common Prayer.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book of Alternative Services canonical | 6 |
| Book of Alternative Services (Anglican Church of Canada) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1090846 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book of Alternative Services Context triple: [Anglican Church of Canada, usesLiturgy, Book of Alternative Services]
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A.
Directory for Public Worship
The Directory for Public Worship is a 17th-century Reformed liturgical guide created by the Westminster Assembly to regulate and standardize worship practices in English-speaking Protestant churches.
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B.
Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer is the foundational liturgical and prayer book of Anglican tradition, containing services, prayers, and rites used in worship.
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C.
The Reformed Liturgy
The Reformed Liturgy is a 17th-century Puritan worship manual by Richard Baxter that sought to provide a simpler, more scripturally grounded alternative to the Anglican Book of Common Prayer.
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D.
Common Worship
Common Worship is the Church of England’s main contemporary liturgical resource, providing authorized services, prayers, and patterns of worship for use across its churches.
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E.
Book of Blessings
The Book of Blessings is a liturgical book of the Roman Catholic Church that contains the official rites and prayers for a wide variety of blessings for people, places, and objects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book of Alternative Services Target entity description: The Book of Alternative Services is a modern liturgical book of the Anglican Church of Canada that provides contemporary-language rites and worship resources as an alternative to the traditional Book of Common Prayer.
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A.
Directory for Public Worship
The Directory for Public Worship is a 17th-century Reformed liturgical guide created by the Westminster Assembly to regulate and standardize worship practices in English-speaking Protestant churches.
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B.
Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Common Prayer is the foundational liturgical and prayer book of Anglican tradition, containing services, prayers, and rites used in worship.
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C.
The Reformed Liturgy
The Reformed Liturgy is a 17th-century Puritan worship manual by Richard Baxter that sought to provide a simpler, more scripturally grounded alternative to the Anglican Book of Common Prayer.
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D.
Common Worship
Common Worship is the Church of England’s main contemporary liturgical resource, providing authorized services, prayers, and patterns of worship for use across its churches.
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E.
Book of Blessings
The Book of Blessings is a liturgical book of the Roman Catholic Church that contains the official rites and prayers for a wide variety of blessings for people, places, and objects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican liturgical text
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liturgical book ⓘ service book ⓘ worship resource ⓘ |
| alternativeTo |
Book of Common Prayer (Anglican Church of Canada)
ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Common Prayer
|
| contains |
canticles
ⓘ
creeds ⓘ liturgical rubrics ⓘ orders of service ⓘ prayers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| denomination | Anglican Church of Canada ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalJurisdiction | Anglican Church of Canada ⓘ |
| followsRite | Anglican rite ⓘ |
| hasType |
alternative service book
ⓘ
contemporary-language liturgy ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
private devotion
ⓘ
public worship ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liturgicalLanguageStyle | contemporary English ⓘ |
| liturgicalMovementContext | 20th-century Anglican liturgical renewal ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Anglican Church of Canada liturgical tradition ⓘ |
| provides |
Holy Eucharist rites
ⓘ
linked to:
Holy Eucharist
baptism rites ⓘ collects ⓘ daily offices ⓘ funeral rites ⓘ marriage rites ⓘ occasional services ⓘ pastoral offices ⓘ psalms ⓘ |
| publisher | Anglican Church of Canada ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglicanism (broadly)
Christianity ⓘ |
| status | authorized liturgical text of the Anglican Church of Canada ⓘ |
| subject |
Anglican worship
ⓘ
Christian worship ⓘ liturgy ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | contemporary Anglican theology ⓘ |
| usedBy | Anglican Church of Canada ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Sunday worship
ⓘ
pastoral services ⓘ sacramental rites ⓘ weekday services ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Book of Alternative Services Description of subject: The Book of Alternative Services is a modern liturgical book of the Anglican Church of Canada that provides contemporary-language rites and worship resources as an alternative to the traditional Book of Common Prayer.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Book of Alternative Services