Editing Book of Common Prayer (section)

====1906–2000====
{{further|Book of Common Prayer (1928, England)}}
In 1927, the work on a new version of the prayer book reached its final form. In order to reduce conflict with traditionalists, it was decided that the form of service to be used would be determined by each congregation. With these open guidelines, the book was granted approval by the Church of England Convocations and Church Assembly in July 1927. However, it was defeated by the [[House of Commons (United Kingdom)|House of Commons]] in 1928.

The effect of the failure of the 1928 book was salutary: no further attempts were made to revise the ''Book of Common Prayer''. Instead a different process, that of producing an alternative book, led to the publication of Series 1, 2 and 3 in the 1960s, the 1980 [[Alternative Service Book]] and subsequently to the 2000 ''[[Common Worship]]'' series of books. Both differ substantially from the ''Book of Common Prayer,'' though the latter includes in the Order Two form of the Holy Communion a very slight revision of the prayer book service, largely along the lines proposed for the 1928 Prayer Book. Order One follows the pattern of the modern [[Liturgical Movement]].