
The Roman Catholic Lectionary and the Bible
Analysis, Conclusions, Suggested Alternatives
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The Roman Catholic Lectionary and the Bible
Analysis, Conclusions, Suggested Alternatives
About this book
The bishops attending the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) decreed that the treasures of the Bible were to be opened for Roman Catholics by presenting a larger part of the Bible over three years. The first one-volume Lectionary, a collection of biblical texts appointed for worship on given days--what ultimately became four volumes plus a supplement in English--was published in Latin on September 30, 1970. The result of people seeing four volumes consisting of more pages than most Bibles was the erroneous thinking that they heard (read) the whole Bible every three years! The Lectionary edits the Bible. Biblical topics offensive to modern readers are omitted. Powerful biblical women are ignored. Biblical prophetic books are chopped by piecing together verses. There is no application of modern biblical analysis. The biblical passages presented in the Lectionary have been chosen to fit the liturgical year, even though the liturgical year did not exist when the Bible was written! The purpose of this book is to present some sobering statistics about the biblical texts found (and not found) in the Roman Catholic Lectionary, reach conclusions about them, and suggest alternate biblical texts for use in the Lectionary.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Analysis of Biblical Book Material in the Lectionary Sunday Cycles A, B, and C and Weekday Years I and II
- Chapter 2: Analysis: What Is not Read (Heard) from the Bible in the Lectionary Sunday Cycles or Weekday Years
- Chapter 3: Comparison of Biblical Material in the Roman Catholic Lectionary for Sunday Cycles A, B, C and Weekday Years I and II (bold) and Biblical Material not in the Roman Catholic Lectionary (italics) with Analytical Conclusions of Biblical Books
- Chapter 4: Advent Alternatives
- Chapter 5: Christmas Alternative
- Chapter 6: Lent Alternatives
- Chapter 7: Easter Alternatives
- Chapter 8: Ordinary Time Alternatives
- Chapter 9: Miscellaneous Alternatives
- Chapter 10: Solemnity Alternatives
- Chapter 11: The Lectionary and the Liturgical Year
- Bibliography
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