Inserted into the 1552 Book of Common Prayer at the insistence of Calvinists, which noted that the direction to kneel at communion was not meant to imply transubstantiation or adoration of the elements. Rubrics were normally printed in red ink; this rubric had not been approved by Parliament and was inserted as the book was going to press.
For more information, see:
"The Black Rubric" at Anglican Eucharistic Theology
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