1971 Prayer of Christians v. Christian Prayer

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Does anyone here know what are the differences between the 1971 edition of the Interim Breviary, known as “Prayer of Christians” and published by Catholic Book Publishing Company and the current editions: the Liturgy of the Hours or Christian Prayer?

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I have both of them, and there are important differences.
To list a few of them:
  • different Psalter translation
  • changes in wording to parts of the ordinary, for example, CP “As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.” PoC “As in the beginning, so now and forever.”
    -The structure of the Proper of Seasons and the 4-Week Psalter is different. I’d have to look at my copy of PoC for more specifics as I can’t remember exactly.
I once tried praying PoC for a week as an experiment, and my impression was it was a mixed bag compared with CP. Overall I think I preferred the psalm translation in PoC (I don’t care for some of the renderings in CP’s Grail translation eg Psalm 23 “revive my drooping spirit”), though there are some places where I thought the opposite.
Parts of the ordinary also seemed to have been revised for the bettter in CP, having been rendered a little too “freely” in the interim version.
 
Thank you for your quick answer.

Besides the difference in translation, do you know if there are any substantial changes? Since the Interim Breviary was published before the Latin editio typica of Liturgia Horarum was released, does the Interim Breviary follow the same 4-week psalter, with the OT and NT canticles, as Christian Prayer? Are the readings for Lauds, Vespers and Compline the same set as in Christian Prayer? Are there intercessions etc?
 
If memory serves me right, it does follow the 4 wk psalter and does include the intercessions. Let me pull out my copy and get back to you with details.
 
I remembered to look at this today.
Yes, there is a 4 week Psalter, the same as in CP, complete with psalm-prayers. The antiphons and psalm-prayers seem to be paraphrases of the ones found in CP, expressing the same general sentiments.
The Psalter uses the “Olinger” psalms.

The general arrangement and organization of the book is somewhat different, especially in the proper of seasons. You have, for example “Sundays in Advent” which include one reading common to all Sundays in Advent as well as the proper antiphons and prayers for each Sunday (1st Sunday,2nd,etc.) all in one section rather than having each day of Advent individually and sequentially.
The Our Father is somewhat “modernized” and concludes with the same doxology used at Mass: "For the kingdom, the power…:

“Zechariah’s canticle,” “Mary’s canticle,” and “Simeon’s canticle” (sic) are very similar to CP with some minor wording variations. The Invititory Psalm is a different rendering, probably from the Olinger translation used for the Psalter.
 
And yes, the intercessions are included, with a rubric that spontanous personal intentions may be added at the end)
 
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