Any attempt to make the use of the Introit obligatory in our times would meet with deserved failure; the metrical hymn has gained too firm a hold upon the affections of the Church at large ever to be willingly surrendered.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
A sufficient reason for not printing the Introit for each day in full, just before the collect, as was the mode in Edward's Book, is that to do so would involve a costly sacrifice of room.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
The Introit Psalms were taken away.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington