If nothing else in the way of change be opportune at the present moment, it is an easy task to show that the rubrics, as they stand, cry aloud for a revision.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
But this matter of the rubrics and their susceptibility of improvement will come up later on.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
It is true that the consent of Parliament must be secured before the altered rubrics can have the force of law; but whatever may come of the rubrics recommended, the existence of the book containing them is evidence enough of a wide-spread conviction among the English clergy that change is needed.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington