In the late 1920s, the Church of England was stunned when its first new Prayer Book since 1662 - a Book that had received overwhelming support from bishops, clergy and laity alike - was rejected by the House of Commons.
It was almost another sixty years before a new Prayer Book was attempted and although many of its rites went on to appear in the 1984 Alternative Services Book (and continue today in Common Worship), to many Anglican minds, the 1928 Prayer Book is unsurpassed and it continues in.
In the late 1920s, the Church of England was stunned when its first new Prayer Book since 1662 - a Book that had received overwhelming support from bishops, clergy and laity alike - was rejected by the House of Commons