Full Centurion form of communion prayer
I am an Episcopalian who came from the Roman Catholic Church. One difference in the communion prayer of the Episcopal Church that I have noticed is an omission of the line “I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed. “
I’ve always found this a very powerful line of prayer to prepare myself for the reception of communion. So I looked into the history of why it is not included in the Episcopal communion prayer and found that it was dropped by Episcopalians, Anglicans, and Anglo-Catholics, but was later added back by Anglicans and Anglo-Catholics. Does anyone know the arguments or reasons given by the Episcopalians for not likewise restoring this powerful line of prayer for communicants? I can’t seem to find anything on that point in the research I’ve done.