There is that point that Title 4 defines "Doctrine" as what's contained in the Book of Common Prayer! So other texts can be in line with but don't define our doctrine in the same way.
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Definitely, and I'm not saying those that use EOW are necessarily out of line doctrinally (although there are definitely a few eyebrow raising things in EOW), but I do think some choices of EOW reflect a different theology than the BCP. E.g., even something small like avoiding using the word "Lord"
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And I think the question becomes, can we truly say we are a church that prays in common if the approved liturgies can't fit in a single book? If you could, in theory, have two Episcopal churches that never use the same Eucharistic prayer, even if they use 3-4 throughout the year?
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I do think the reactions against the 1979 were out of line, but I do think some of their fears have come to pass. We've gone from common prayer meaning having a BCP with 1 or two eps prayers, to a BCP with two whole different rites, to where we are now: some arguing common prayer means the shape!
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