Thomas Garland
22-01-2003, 01:33 PM
I wonder if members with more learning than me could give some information as to how the Lectionary was developed - sometimes, when reading the day's Epistle or Gospel, I wonder how it came to be set!
when did the Lectionary become more or less crystallised? who was responsible for setting the readings? is there supposed to be any connection between the Epistle and Gospel (or other readings) for a particular day? If so, how was this arrived at? how is that certain pericopes seem to consist of several separate chunks or even individual verses, sometimes from totally different sections of the same book? This sometimes gives the effect of something that a disciple or someone in the crowd said seeming to be response to a saying of Our Lord, whereas in fact it's totally unrelated - doesn't seem very 'honest'!
I can see that the readings for particular saints or feasts are usually fairly relevant, and I'm aware that there is some attempt to read through the whole of each Gospel and several of the Epistles.
But I'd be interested to learn something of how the Lectionary was developed. Many thanks in advance!
with love,
Thomas
when did the Lectionary become more or less crystallised? who was responsible for setting the readings? is there supposed to be any connection between the Epistle and Gospel (or other readings) for a particular day? If so, how was this arrived at? how is that certain pericopes seem to consist of several separate chunks or even individual verses, sometimes from totally different sections of the same book? This sometimes gives the effect of something that a disciple or someone in the crowd said seeming to be response to a saying of Our Lord, whereas in fact it's totally unrelated - doesn't seem very 'honest'!
I can see that the readings for particular saints or feasts are usually fairly relevant, and I'm aware that there is some attempt to read through the whole of each Gospel and several of the Epistles.
But I'd be interested to learn something of how the Lectionary was developed. Many thanks in advance!
with love,
Thomas