Editing Common Worship (section)

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[[Image:CommonWorshipBooks.jpg|thumb|Three ''Common Worship'' liturgy books. From left to right they are ''Daily Prayer'' (red), ''Pastoral Services'' (green) and the ''Main Volume'' (black).]]'''''Common Worship''''' is the name given to the series of services authorised by the [[General Synod of the Church of England]] and launched on the first Sunday of [[Advent]] in 2000. It represents the most recent stage of development of the [[Liturgical Movement| Liturgical  Movement]] within the Church and is the successor to the [[Alternative Service Book]]  (ASB) of 1980. Like the ASB, it is an alternative to the [[Book of Common Prayer (1662)|1662 ''Book of Common Prayer (BCP)'']], which remains officially the normative liturgy of the Church of England.

It has been published as a series of books, rather than a single volume, offering a wider choice of forms of worship than any of its predecessors. It was drafted by the Church of England's [[Liturgical]] Commission; the material was then either authorised by [[General Synod of the Church of England|General Synod]] (sometimes with amendments) or simply commended for use by the [[House of Bishops]].