Manifold Sins and Wickedness

There seems to be a big deal being made about the choice of words being used in the liturgy to bless the wedding of Prince Charles and the Princess Consort, especially the phrase where they said that they "acknowledge and bewail (their) manifold sins and wickedness".



Believe me, this prayer is not a new invention for this troubled pair's wedding. For example, check out the liturgy for used by Charles's mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in her Coronation; it's found in Section 15 (the Communion).

Frankly, this prayer is found in the weekly Eucharistic service used by the majority of Anglicans in the world (Africa, Asia, etc.) as well as in those churches using 1662 Prayer Book in the Church of England, in the liturgy of the Rite One Eucharist used all across the USA in the Episcopal Church (USA), and in the primary form of the Eucharist in most of the more conservative non-ECUSA Anglican churches of America.