[Claud]

The Anglican Use Rite is based on the old prayer book, probably 1662, NOT the 1979 abomination. The translation of the Eucharistic Prayer is Coverdale's rendering of the original Latin.

That's Rite I of the Anglican Use, which is what most (all?) AU parishes use, and is what's on the DVD. But there's also Rite II, which from a cursory inspection looks just like the ICEL Novus Ordo (thus also the the 79 BCP abomination). I think they threw that in there because they didn't want to preclude the possibility that more "modern" Episcopalian parishes could swim the Tiber.

I don't think many AU folks are all that happy with Rite II (who can blame them). I think that is what sionnsar is talking about.

[AnAmericanMother]

Thanks for the clarification. It just didn't make sense to me -- I was totally unaware of the "Rite II".

But it sounds like a makeweight to me. I've never heard of anyone using it (and WHY would anybody use it, if it's just like the ordinary Catholic version?).

Besides -- it can just be ignored the way "Rite I" is ignored in almost every ECUSA parish.