NOTES ON THE REVISED PRAYER BOOK.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XXI, Issue 14, 1 October 1931, Page 5

NOTES ON THE REVISED PRAYER BOOK.

It may be remembered that what steps should be taken m regard to the liberty afforded to the Church of the Province of N.Z. by the Enabling Act of 1928 was referred to the Bishops for consideration. At a meeting of the Bishops held m Wellington before the consecration of the Assistant Bishop of Melanesia a committee consisting of the Archbishop and the Bishops of Wellington and Waiapu was set up to go into the whole matter and report to the next meeting of the Bishops. In the meantime it was agreed that "In the case of the Occasional Offices, the Alternative to the Ten Commandments, the Proper Prefaces, the Opening Sentences, and Special Prayers after the third collect at Matins and Evensong, no blame should attach to any Bishop who on his own authority gave permission to the clergy of his diocese to use the same, provided that no valid objection was made by the persons concerned, and that copies of the service used were provided for those taking part therein."