Anglican’s Book of Common Prayer Being Updated to Change ‘Queen’ to ‘King’
The Church of England says that arrangements are “in hand” to update the the Book of Common Prayer, the primary liturgical document for the denomination, to reflect the the loss of Queen Elizabeth and the accession of King Charles III. According to Church Times:
The Prayer for the Queen’s Majesty will be changed, as will the Prayer for the Royal Family, which currently asks for blessings on “Charles Prince of Wales” and all the Royal Family. The response “O Lord, save the Queen” will become “O Lord, save the King.”
The warrant will be prepared by the Cabinet Office in collaboration with the Church of England. When the Queen Mother died, in 2002, it took “a couple of years” for the removal of her name to be authorized, a spokesman for the Church of England said this week. He expected that the significance of the change of monarch would mean a much shorter timescale in this instance. “Arrangements are well in hand,” he said on Monday.
The Book of Common Prayer and the The Book of Alternative Services make frequent references to the Queen, and nearly 60 instances will have to be changed, which one such example being:
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