lectionary
Sign in to savethumb|Page from the 11th-century "Bamberg Apocalypse", Gospel lectionary. ([[Bamberg State Library, Msc.Bibl.140).]] A lectionary () is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Jewish worship on a given day or occasion. There are sub-types such as a "gospel lectionary" or evangeliary, and an epistolary with the readings from the Epistles of the New Testament.
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- History
- Western lectionaries
- Latin liturgical rites
- Before the Second Vatican Council
- Catholic Mass Lectionary and the Revised Common Lectionary
- Three-year Sunday cycle
- Daily lectionaries
- Other lectionary information
- Anglican lectionaries
- Eastern lectionaries
- Byzantine lectionary
- Epistle and Gospel
- Old Testament readings
- Syriac and Malankara churches: Catholic, Orthodox
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Page from the 11th-century "Bamberg Apocalypse", Gospel lectionary. ([[Bamberg State Library, Msc.Bibl.140).]] A lectionary () is a book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Jewish worship on a given day or occasion. There are sub-types such as a "gospel lectionary" or evangeliary, and an epistolary with the readings from the Epistles of the New Testament.
==History== By the Medieval era the Jewish community had a standardized schedule of scripture readings from both the Torah and the prophets to be read in the synagogue. A sequential selection was read from the Torah, followed by the haftarah – a selection from the prophetic books or historical narratives (e.g. Judges, Kings, etc.) closely linked to the selection from the Torah. Jesus may have read a providentially "random" reading when he read from Isaiah 61:1–2, as recorded in Luke 4:16–21, when he inaugurated his public ministry. The early Christians adopted the Jewish custom of reading extracts from the Old Testament on the Sabbath. They soon added extracts from the writings of the Apostles and gospels.