Consultation On Common Texts

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The Consultation on Common Texts (CCT) emerged from ecumenical meetings held in the mid 1960s. From 1969 this group began using the designation "Consultation on Common Texts," which reflected its original focus on the development of agreed versions of liturgical texts used in common by the Churches. Membership by this time included representatives of the founding interchurch bodies and churches and representatives of other church bodies that wished to participate. The initial work of the CCT toward common versions of liturgical texts (Gloria, Creed, Lord?s Prayer, etc.) was soon taken up by an international body which became known as the International Consultation on English Texts (ICET). Participants in the CCT took part in this work, and the so-called ICET texts were subsequently issued in three editions: 1971, 1972,1975. The work of the CCT in the meantime came to include efforts toward a translation of the psalms for liturgical use, which was eventually prepared by Dr. Massey Shepherd, Jr. in consultation with the CCT and published as A Liturgical Psalter for the Eucharist (1976). In 1977 work began on a brief resource for the ecumenical celebration of morning prayer and evening prayer. This was eventually published under the title Ecumenical Services of Prayer (1983). The expansion of CCT's work beyond the original focus on agreed versions of liturgical texts continued with its sponsorship in 1978 of a meeting on the lectionary involving representatives of a number of...

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