The United Methodist Book of Worship
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The United Methodist Book of Worship is an official liturgical resource that provides prayers, services, and worship orders for use in United Methodist congregations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The United Methodist Book of Worship canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1856714 — 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: The United Methodist Book of Worship Context triple: [United Methodist Church, usesText, The United Methodist Book of Worship]
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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.
The United Methodist Hymnal
The United Methodist Hymnal is the primary worship book of the United Methodist Church, containing its standard collection of hymns, liturgies, and musical settings for congregational use.
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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.
Book of Alternative Services
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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E.
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.
- 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: The United Methodist Book of Worship Target entity description: The United Methodist Book of Worship is an official liturgical resource that provides prayers, services, and worship orders for use in United Methodist congregations.
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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.
The United Methodist Hymnal
The United Methodist Hymnal is the primary worship book of the United Methodist Church, containing its standard collection of hymns, liturgies, and musical settings for congregational use.
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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.
Book of Alternative Services
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Methodist Church publication
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liturgical book ⓘ worship resource ⓘ |
| authorizedBy | General Conference of the United Methodist Church ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| denomination | United Methodist Church ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
large-print edition
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pew edition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
acts of worship for the congregation
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daily praise and prayer ⓘ occasional services ⓘ orders of Sunday worship ⓘ prayers ⓘ psalms and canticles ⓘ services for Holy Communion ⓘ services for baptism and reaffirmation of faith ⓘ services for church membership ⓘ services for civic and national occasions ⓘ services for confirmation ⓘ services for consecration and commissioning ⓘ services for death and resurrection ⓘ services for dedication of church buildings and furnishings ⓘ services for ecumenical occasions ⓘ services for healing ⓘ services for marriage ⓘ services for ordination ⓘ services for the Christian year ⓘ services for the orders of ministry ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
guidance for clergy and worship leaders
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use in United Methodist congregations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction |
provides funeral and memorial services
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provides healing services ⓘ provides marriage services ⓘ provides orders of worship ⓘ provides ordination and commissioning services ⓘ provides pastoral services ⓘ provides prayers ⓘ provides resources for daily prayer ⓘ provides resources for the Christian year ⓘ provides services for Holy Communion ⓘ provides services for baptism ⓘ provides services for confirmation ⓘ provides services for sacraments ⓘ provides services for special days and occasions ⓘ provides services for the Great Thanksgiving ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Abingdon Press
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The United Methodist Publishing House ⓘ |
| relation | companion to The United Methodist Hymnal ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Methodism ⓘ |
| scripturalBasis | Bible ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation |
Arminian
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Wesleyan ⓘ |
| title | The United Methodist Book of Worship self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The United Methodist Book of Worship Description of subject: The United Methodist Book of Worship is an official liturgical resource that provides prayers, services, and worship orders for use in United Methodist congregations.
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