[Magdalen] Here We Go Again.

[Charles Wohlers]

The Lectionary is not technically part of the BCP and so can be changed at 
will by General Convention - as happened when we adopted the RCL Sunday 
Lectionary, and also in 1944 when the Daily Lectionary was changed, and 
inserted into subsequent printings of the 1928 BCP. Commemorations fall into 
this category also.

The Nicene Creed, OTOH, is part of the BCP and so can't be changed in the 
BCP until we go through that process again. However, it has been changed in 
Enriching Our Worship and other trial liturgies.

So, no, there haven't been *any* changes in the BCP since 1979.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Roger Stokes
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 3:55 AM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Here We Go Again.

On 07/07/2015 01:10, Jim Guthrie wrote:
>
> BTW, you will remember (maybe) that our GC tinkered with the Filioque at 
> the 1987 GC, removing "and the Son" form "proceeds from the Father."
>
> This is reflected in subsequent experimental liturgies, of course. But 
> even the substitution of the RCL in new BCP printings did not result in 
> that particular adjustment.
>
> I'm not aware of any other "official" GC-approved changes in the 1979 
> BCP -- are there any?

It's a nod to our Orthodoz brethren who do not approve of the Pope
having put it into the Creed (hence the name to show it is Latin in
origin).  There is a theological argument for dropping it and a
practical reason for not.  It is dropped even at the Vatican on occasion
when there is a big service with an official Orthodox presence.

Roger