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Authorization Details

     
    Common Worship: Daily Prayer is published at the request of the House of Bishops of the General Synod of the Church of England.
     
    The orders for Prayer During the Day, Morning and Evening Prayer and Night Prayer comply with the provisions of A Service of the Word, which is authorized pursuant to Canon B 2 of the Canons of the Church of England for use until further resolution of the General Synod.
     
    The following material is authorized pursuant to Canon B 2 of the Canons of the Church of England for use until further resolution of the General Synod:
     
    The Calendar
    Authorized Forms of Confession and Absolution
(pages 92–93 and 95–97)
    The Litany
    Collects
    Opening Canticles at Morning Prayer
(numbers 10,12, 17, 51a, 51b, 76)
    Gospel Canticles (numbers 54a, 55a, 56)
    Te Deum Laudamus (Canticle number 79)
    Canticles 50, 61, 69, 71, 87
    The Lord’s Prayer
    The Apostles’ Creed
       
    The following material has been commended by the House of Bishops of the General Synod for use by the minister in exercise of his or her discretion under Canon B 5 of the Canons of the Church of England:
     
    Canticles 19, 22, 23, 25, 29, 34, 36, 40, 41, 46, 57, 58, 62, 65, 66, 72, 75, 77, 82
     
    Use of the other material in Common Worship: Daily Prayer falls within the discretion canonically allowed to the minister under Canon B 5.
     
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