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• Message from the Rev. Jonathan Weldon, Canon to the Ordinary: Revised Common Lectionary - September 19, 2007
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Sep 21, 2007, 05:57
Friends:
Please be reminded that the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) becomes the official lectionary of the Episcopal Church beginning the First Sunday of Advent of 2007.
Downloadable resources for congregations from The Episcopal Church can be found at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/19625_21607_ENG_HTM.htm.
Below is the Final version of Resolution A077 from General Convention 2006.
Yours faithfully in Christ,
Jonathan Weldon
The Rev. Canon Jonathan N. Weldon
Canon to the Ordinary
Director of Vocations and Deployment
Episcopal Diocese of Oregon
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* FINAL VERSION - Concurred
Resolution A077
Title: Revised Common Lectionary
Topic: Liturgy
Committee: Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music
House of Initial Action: Bishops
Proposer: Liturgy & Music
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Resolved, That the 75th General Convention direct that the Revised Common Lectionary shall be the Lectionary of this Church, amending the Lectionary on pp. 889-921 of The Book of Common Prayer, effective the First Sunday of Advent, 2007; with the provision for continued use of the previous Lectionary for purposes of orderly transition, with the permission of the Ecclesiastical Authority, until the First Sunday of Advent 2010.
EXPLANATION
This Lectionary, produced by the Consultation on Common Texts, composed of a wide number of church bodies, is a revision of the Common Lectionary, which was authorized for trial use by the 67th and 68th General Conventions. This revision reflects the concerns about the Common Lectionary communicated to the Consultation on Common Texts through the Standing Liturgical Commission as a result of trial use. It also reflects issues addressed by Resolution A088 of the 70th General Convention directing the Standing Liturgical Commission to study revision of the Sunday lectionary of the Book of Common Prayer. The Lectionary was again authorized for trial use by the 71st, 72nd, 74th Conventions.
The Revised Common Lectionary is becoming the common lectionary among Christian denominations. Positive responses from congregations who have used the lectionary and the growing number of denominations and provinces of the Anglican Communion using the lectionary lead the commission to recommend this table of readings as the lectionary for the Book of Common Prayer.