The 1911 reforms reduced that to Sundays after Epiphany and Pentecost and on Trinity Sunday, except when a commemoration of a double feast or a day within an Octave occurred.
In the late 19th century, there was a great deal of speculation about who might have authored the creed, with suggestions, including Ambrose of Milan, Venantius Fortunatus and Hilary of Poitiers. The 1940 discovery of a lost work by Vincent of Lérins, which bears a striking similarity to much of the language of the Athanasian Creed, have led many to conclude that the creed originated with Vincent or his students.
The Anglo-Catholic devotional manual Saint Augustine's Prayer Book, first published in 1947 and revised in 1967, includes the Athanasian Creed under "Devotions to the Holy Trinity". In Roman Catholic churches, it was traditionally said at Prime on Sundays when the Office was of the Sunday.
The 1960 reforms further reduced its use to once a year, on Trinity Sunday.
The Anglo-Catholic devotional manual Saint Augustine's Prayer Book, first published in 1947 and revised in 1967, includes the Athanasian Creed under "Devotions to the Holy Trinity". In Roman Catholic churches, it was traditionally said at Prime on Sundays when the Office was of the Sunday.
The Episcopal Church, based in the United States, has never provided for its use in worship, but added it to its Book of Common Prayer for the first time in 1979, where it is included in small print in a reference section, "Historical Documents of the Church".
However, part of it can be found as an "Authorized Affirmation of Faith" in the 2000 main volume of the Common Worship liturgy of the Church of England. It was designed to distinguish Nicene Christianity from the heresy of Arianism.
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