Editing Propitiation (section)

=== Book of Common Prayer ===
The [[Church of England]]'s [[Book of Common Prayer]] (1662), following the prayer of confession before reception of [[Holy Communion]], the priest is to offer "comfortable words" which consist of a series of four verses from the New Testament. The final text is from 1 John 2:1-2 (KJV): "If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins." The same text was used in the American editions of 1789 and 1928. However, in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]'s 1979 Book of Common Prayer, in the Rite One form, "propitiation" was changed to read "perfect offering," and with the rest of verse 2 added: "and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world."<ref>''The Book of Common Prayer'' (1979). According to the use of The Episcopal Church. New York: Church Publishing. p. 332.</ref>