Editing Book of Common Prayer (section)

====Australia====
The [[Anglican Church of Australia]], known officially until 1981 as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, became self-governing in 1961. Its general synod agreed that the ''Book of Common Prayer'' was to "be regarded as the authorised standard of worship and doctrine in this Church". After a series of experimental services offered in many dioceses during the 1960s and 70s, in 1978 ''An Australian Prayer Book'' was produced, formally as a supplement to the book of 1662, although in fact it was widely taken up in place of the old book. The AAPB sought to adhere to the principle that, where the liturgical committee could not agree on a formulation, the words or expressions of the ''Book of Common Prayer'' were to be used,{{sfn|The Church of England in Australia Trust Corporation|1978}} if in a modern idiom. The result was a conservative revision, including two forms of eucharistic rite: a First Order that was essentially the 1662 rite in more contemporary language, and a Second Order that reflected the [[Liturgical Movement]] norms, but without elements such as a eucharistic epiclesis or other features that would have represented a departure from the doctrine of the old book. ''An Australian Prayer Book'' has been formally accepted for usage in other churches, including the [[Reformed Episcopal Church]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Proceedings of the Fifty-First General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church held at Hyatt Regency Hotel Orlando, Florida|date=2005|publisher=[[Reformed Episcopal Church]]|url=http://www.recus.org/documents/GCJournals/GCREC51.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.recus.org/documents/GCJournals/GCREC51.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|access-date=28 January 2022|page=26}}</ref>

''A Prayer Book for Australia'', produced in 1995 and again not technically a substitute for the 1662 prayer book, nevertheless departed from both the structure and wording of the ''Book of Common Prayer'', prompting conservative reaction. Numerous objections were made and the notably conservative evangelical [[Sydney Anglicans|Diocese of Sydney]] drew attention both to the loss of ''BCP'' wording and of an explicit "biblical doctrine of substitutionary atonement".{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} Sydney delegates to the general synod sought and obtained various concessions but that diocese never adopted the book. The Diocese of Sydney has instead developed its own prayer book, called ''[[Sunday Services]]'', to "supplement" the 1662 prayer book, and preserve the original theology which the Sydney diocese asserts has been changed. In 2009 the diocese published ''Better Gatherings'' which includes the book ''Common Prayer'' (published 2012), an updated revision of ''Sunday Services''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bettergatherings.com/ | title=Better Gatherings | publisher=Archbishop of Sydney's Liturgical Panel | accessdate=16 April 2021|location=[[Sydney]], Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://acl.asn.au/better-gatherings-new-look/ | title=Better Gatherings – new look | publisher=Anglican Church League | date=24 October 2009 | accessdate=16 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Common Prayer |url=https://www.cepstore.com.au/IdaProductQAYW?Id=01t0K000005dr1JQAQ | publisher=Christian Education Publications | accessdate=16 April 2021|location=[[Sydney]], Australia}}</ref>