The Alternative Service Book 1980

For English Anglicans of a certain age, this, and not the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, is the once-familiar liturgy now remembered with fond nostalgia. It had its awkward points - many have never become comfortable with the Lord's Prayer in modern language - but some of it was quite inspired. Some of its elements remain in Common Worship, but I will always have a soft spot for the 1980 book. MB 15-vi-2007

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