Carrying on from 'Oriens' wonderful response, I would just add that I
believe that one aspect of late mediaeval lay spirituality was a
growing number of lay people who took it upon themselves to say the
daily offices, thus increasing the general exposure to the Old
Testament in worship. This tendency would be reflected in Cramner's
desire to provide daily office prayers in English for the laity as
well as the clergy in his Book of Common Prayer.
A.
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