This letter by PBSC VP David Curry was a response to this article . Her argument does an injustice to the variety of alternative liturgies, which predominate in the liturgical world by suggesting that they belong to the evolution and revision of the Book of Common Prayer. They do not. They stand outside the Common Prayer tradition self-consciously and by intent. They arise from the Lambeth 1958 decision that rejected the classical Prayer Book tradition as the basis for liturgical revision.
Alternative liturgies reflect various shapes and understandings of liturgy.
That in itself is surely a good thing. There can be a variety of shapes and styles of liturgical worship so long as they are consistent with the essential principles of the Christian faith as they have been received by our church. Constitutionally and theologically, those are embodied in the Book of Common Prayer. Without the Book of Common Prayer in its integrity we cannot have alternative liturgies. None of these features are distinctive in the world of alternative liturgies.