Episcopal Priest Charles Price Dies; Helped Revise Book of Common Prayer

Charles Philip Price, an Episcopal priest who taught at Virginia Theological Seminary and Harvard University and contributed to a landmark revision of the Book of Common Prayer, died of cancer Oct. 13 at Inova Alexandria Hospital. He was 79 and lived in Alexandria.

In 1979, as a member of the Standing Liturgical Commission of the Episcopal Church, Dr. Price helped reshape the Book of Common Prayer, the Anglican Church's primary worship guide. The commission made the first changes since 1928, updating language from the Elizabethan era, adding a variety of prayers for major rites and…