Editing Book of Common Prayer (section)

==Copyright status==
In England there are only three bodies entitled to print the ''Book of Common Prayer'': the two [[privileged presses]] ([[Cambridge University Press]] and [[Oxford University Press]]), and The [[King's Printer]]. Cambridge University Press holds [[letters patent]] as The King's Printer and so two of these three bodies are the same. The Latin term ''{{lang|la|cum privilegio}}'' ("with privilege") is printed on the title pages of Cambridge editions of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer (and the King James Version of the Bible) to denote the charter authority or privilege under which they are published.

The primary function for Cambridge University Press in its role as King's Printer is preserving the integrity of the text, continuing a long-standing tradition and reputation for textual scholarship and accuracy of printing. Cambridge University Press has stated that as a university press, a charitable enterprise devoted to the advancement of learning, it has no desire to restrict artificially that advancement, and that commercial restrictiveness through a partial monopoly is not part of its purpose. It therefore grants permission to use the text, and licence printing or the importation for sale within the UK, as long as it is assured of acceptable quality and accuracy.{{efn| See {{cite web|title=The Queen's Printer's Patent|url=http://www.cambridge.org/about-us/who-we-are/queens-printers-patent/|website=Cambridge University Press|access-date=20 March 2016}} }}

The Church of England, supported by the [[Prayer Book Society (England)|Prayer Book Society]], publishes an online edition of the Book of Common Prayer with permission of Cambridge University Press.

In accordance with Canon II.3.6(b)(2) of the [[Episcopal Church (United States)]], the church relinquishes any copyright for the version of the ''Book of Common Prayer'' currently adopted by the [[General Convention of the Episcopal Church|Convention of the church]] (although the text of proposed revisions remains copyrighted).{{efn|See the {{cite web|title=Constitution & Canons|url=https://extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/files/download/15057.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://extranet.generalconvention.org/staff/files/download/15057.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|website=generalconvention.org|publisher=The General Convention of the Episcopal Church|access-date=20 March 2016}} }}