Pericope order

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The pericope order (from the Greek περικοπή = delimited area) is a compilation of Bible passages, the pericopes , introduced in 1978 , which are intended for worship reading or interpretation in the sermon. In a narrower sense, it describes the reading order of biblical texts that is used in the Evangelical Church in Germany . In 1999 there was a smaller and in 2018 a somewhat more extensive pericope revision .

history

“The custom of liturgy readings was adopted by the Jewish synagogue liturgy. Lists of an evolving pericope system are attested early, pericope books as early as the 8th century. ”The development in pre-Carolingian times is hypothetical. It is believed that the series of Gospels comes from the urban Roman liturgy and that their development was relatively complete around 645. Its origins probably go back to the 5th century ( liber Comitis ). The series of epistles is independent of this and probably comes from the area of ​​the Gallican liturgy. By Alcuin Gospels and Epistelreihe were merged. This Carolingian pericope order found its successor in medieval reading orders. Both the Lutheran Reformation and the Tridentine Reform ( Missale Romanum ) in principle adhered to this pericopic order (in the Missale Romanum , the epistle and Gospel texts were shifted on the Sundays of Trinity).

In the Enlightenment period there were considerations for a larger selection of sermon texts. Jacob Georg Christian Adler's church agendas in Schleswig-Holstein, introduced in 1797, contained six series of sermons. The texts came exclusively from the New Testament. The agend did not prevail. Up until the 19th century, every Sunday and feast day in the church year was assigned a Gospel text (= row 1) in the Protestant regional churches, which was then also preached about. The second row was added at the Eisenach Church Conference in 1896.

This order was approved on June 17, 1898 by a church law of the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union for the churches of the Rhine Province. From then on there were four rows of pericopes for the Rhineland: “1. The new Old Testament and evangelical reading sections, 2. the old church epistles and gospels, 3. the new epistolic and evangelical scriptures. The fourth year repeats the second. ”In Westphalia,“ the new reading sections (1st and 3rd year) were only allowed to be used in secondary worship services ”.

Pericope order from 1978

As early as 1958, a common "order of sermon texts" was used in the Evangelical Church in Germany, which comprised six annual series.

On the 1st of Advent 1978 a new pericope order was introduced, which had been drawn up by the Liturgical Conference of the Evangelical Church in Germany . It contained an order of sermon texts and reading sections for church services.

A characteristic of this pericope order is that the Gospel of the day is always in row I and is the guiding text. The other texts have been compiled with reference to this. Row II always contained the epistle of the day. Where an Old Testament reading is common, it was in rows III – VI. It was recommended that the sermon texts be changed annually according to the series. Series I (sermon text equals Gospel) was valid from 1st Advent 2014 to Eternal Sunday 2015.

Accordingly, it resulted:

  • Series I 2014/2015 (sermon text equals Gospel)
  • Series II 2015/2016 (sermon text equal to epistle)
  • Series III 2016/2017
  • Row IV 2017/2018

Interim revision from 1999

In 1995 the Lutheran Liturgical Conference proposed a revised pericope order. Since the Evangelical Hymnbook , published in 1993 (main edition), contained the liturgical calendar from 1978, this revision was not pursued any further.

At the beginning of the 1999/2000 church year there was a minor revision of the texts.

  • On the 3rd Sunday after Trinity, the texts I and III were exchanged so that the “parable of the prodigal son” ( Lk 15 : 11–32  LUT ) was now read as the Gospel and the “parable of the lost sheep” ( Lk 15 : 1) –7  LUT ).
  • The 10th Sunday after Trinity, Israel's Sunday, has long been viewed as critical under the influence of the Shoah and has been changed accordingly. - There the "prophecy of Jerusalem" (can since 1999/2000 Lk 19.41 to 48  LUT ) by "the double commandment of love" ( Mk 12.28 to 34  LUT ) to be replaced. Another Gospel (series V) was provided in Joh 4,19-26  LUT with the sentence “Salvation comes from the Jews” (v. 22). - The epistle of God's mercy on Israel ( Rom 11.25–32  LUT ) was replaced by Rom 9 : 1-5.6–8.14–16  LUT , God's way with Israel, formerly 4th row, and now belongs to row VI. - New Old Testament reading (III) were Ex 19.1–6  LUT , in which Israel is promised to be God's people. It was followed in row IV with Isa 62,6-12  LUT the announcement of Zion's glory. The report of the destruction of Jerusalem under Nebuchadnezzar ( 2 Kings 25.8–12  LUT ) and the cleaning of the temple ( John 2.13–22  LUT ) were omitted.
  • The gospel of the harvest festival , Lk 12 : 15-21 LUT , made clear  a negative human trait in a farmer, especially in the festival, which is about the yield and value of agricultural labor. Since this was not always felt to be happy, with the last revision Mt 6.25-34  LUT was provided as alternative readings from the Gospels in series I.
  • On the penultimate Sunday of the church year, usually known as a “ day of national mourning ”, the practice was taken into account that the services on this Sunday are often celebrated as part of the peace decade. Therefore, since the church year 1999/2000, their texts have been able to replace those on Sunday. In them earthly peace was in focus ( Mt 5 : 2–10  LUT , Mt 16 : 1–4  LUT , Joh 14,27–31  LUT ; 1 Tim 2,1–4  LUT , Phil 4,6–9  LUT ; Mi 4.1-4  LUT ).

Most of the German regional churches used this slightly revised pericope order; in Württemberg and Kurhessen-Waldeck they were supplemented with their own reading series.

Trial Lecturer from 2014

At the beginning of the revision work, which led to the new pericope order of 2018, there was a symposium in 2000. It was decided in principle not to introduce a new system, such as the Catholic reading order or the reading order derived from the Revised Common Lectionary. “The tradition of the use of the Bible in worship, which has been decisive for the Western Church for more than a millennium, should ... remain in force, but in organic further development of its form, which has already been considerably modernized in the 'order of readings and sermon texts'.” Further basic lines for the inclusion of new texts were agreed :

  • Significantly more Old Testament sermon texts and expansion of their genre range;
  • Specific living environments of women and men;
  • Biblical texts of cultural and historical significance (examples: Jos 2: 1–21 Rahab hides the spies in Jericho; 1 Sam 16: 14–23 David as a harpist);
  • Texts that are important for current life issues.

In 2011 the EKD , UEK and VELKD decided to jointly revise the current regulations. For the 2014/15 church year, a trial lesson developed by the Pericope Reform working group (“Draft for the trial of readings and sermon texts”) was submitted. This draft follows the principle of a “moderate revision”. It remained with six text series, which are based on the early church pericopes. The proportion of Old Testament texts was doubled to about a third. The previous pure gospel and epistle series (No. I and II) were not given up for the divine readings, but for the sermon texts, so that only mixed series are provided here.

The feedback from the regional churches and professional associations were then incorporated into guidelines for revision. In the two working groups “Texts” and “Weekly Songs”, this resulted in the pericope order, which was adopted in November 2017 by the general synod of the VELKD, the full conference of the UEK and the synod of the EKD.

This “order of worship texts and songs” comes into force at the beginning of the church year on the first Sunday of Advent 2018 (row I).

Pericope order from 2018

What is new in this pericope order is that the Epiphany now always begins on February 2nd (the day of Jesus' presentation in the temple , Candlemas), i.e. H. the 40th day after Christmas ends. Between the last Sunday after Epiphany and the beginning of Passion time , depending on the date of Easter, there are one to five Sundays before Passion time , which are counted backwards.

The psalm is primarily regarded as the prayer psalm of the congregation (previously: Introituspsalm ), a practice that had found its way into many congregations through the prayer pedestal in the Evangelical Hymn book (EG). The new psalm texts of the Lectionary from 2018 are contained in the supplementary booklet to the EG “Songs and Psalms for Divine Service”.

The Alleluia is how it is ecumenical usual Situated Sang to the reading of the Gospel.

The gospel of the day was mostly unchanged from the 1978 order. Exceptions are the Gospels on Boxing Day and Reminiscuses and Cantatas on Sundays.

Two Sundays have a double proprium:

  • 10. Sunday after Trinity ( Israel Sunday ): joy over the bond between Christians and Jews (liturgical color: green), alternatively: commemoration day of the destruction of Jerusalem (liturgical color: purple);
  • Last Sunday of the church year: Eternal Sunday or Sunday of the Dead (previously: Remembrance Day of the Dead ); the liturgical color is white in both cases.

The new lectionary includes a second part with feasts and days of remembrance by calendar year, including:

These proprien for celebrations and days of remembrance in the calendar year are to be understood as an "invitation to the discovery and testing of alternative worship services ... and not as regulations that should actually be followed."

Commitment

The texts of the Pericope Ordinance - differing from one regional church to another - are viewed partly as recommendations, partly as binding specifications for Protestant services on the respective Sundays and public holidays. In the context of pulpit law, it is largely up to the responsible pastors how they are appointed.

The presbyteries and church councils decide locally on the number of readings in the service within the framework of liturgical law, the ius liturgicum . The most widespread practice is the practice of two readings, usually the epistle and the gospel ; more rarely, three readings are given regularly, one from the Old Testament , one from the epistles and one from the gospels. The sermon text is usually read from the pulpit as part of the sermon itself.

The Lectionary of 2018 regulates less bindingly than before whether special days with their Proprium can replace the Sunday Proprium. The new rules "want to invite people to a more varied liturgical culture and give points of reference and orientation, but not make any rules."

Pericope orders in ecumenical comparison

The pericope order valid in the EKD has been adopted in some German-speaking churches (Evangelical Church AB in Austria, Evangelical Church in Alsace and Lorraine, Lutheran congregations in Switzerland, in Italy, largely also Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia and other countries, etc.) , also in the Lutheran churches of Lithuania and Slovakia. Via the Moravian Brethren , she came to the Moravian slogans and in this way to the Reformed Church in Poland and the Waldensian Church in Italy.

The Lutheran churches in Scandinavia have lectionaries who build on the same medieval tradition as the EKD's pericopic order, but develop them differently.

In the Reformed churches and congregations in Germany, orientation to the church year and thus also to the reading order is not widespread even today. Comparable to the models of the Reformation period, Continua sermons are still more important today. A biblical book is continuously preached on several consecutive Sundays. The Evangelical Reformed Church in Switzerland has so far rejected the introduction of a pericope order. In fact, the order of the sermon texts according to the EKD order also has a certain influence in the Reformed churches in Switzerland and Germany, because the German-language evangelical sermon literature and the preparation aids are based on it.

In the Catholic Church, since the reform of the reading order after the 2nd Vatican Council, a uniform reading order ( Ordo Lectionum Missae ) with three text series for Sundays and public holidays (A, B, C) has been in effect worldwide . With regard to the reading from the Gospels and the reading of the Apostles' letters ("2nd reading"), these are based on the principle of the standard reading , that is, the continuous reading of biblical books, so that the 2nd reading and the Gospel usually have no content-related references exhibit. The 1st reading, which is usually taken from the Old Testament, is selected with reference to the respective Gospel. For the weekday masses there are reading series I and II for the 1st reading, the Gospel reading is the same every year. 1. Reading and Gospel follow the principle of the standard reading on weekdays, so that here too there are only random references to content.

In liturgical churches in English-speaking countries, pericopes with three to four rows are also common. The "Revised Common Lectionary", which is jointly responsible for Catholics, Anglicans and Lutherans, has been particularly widespread since 1994. It corresponds to the Catholic reading order as it was published after the 2nd Vatican Council, but supplements it with an Old Testament path reading that roughly follows the course of the biblical canon: in reading year A the books from Genesis to Judges, in reading year B Samuel books and wisdom literature , in reading year C books of kings and prophets. These readings represent an alternative to the Old Testament reading of the Catholic reading order and were not selected according to the principle of promise (Old Testament) - fulfillment (New Testament). In addition, the Revised Common Lectionary differs from the Roman Catholic reading order in that the pericopes, especially in the epistles, were often expanded.

The texts according to the current pericope order

For every Sunday and public holiday in the liturgical calendar is listed:

  • Line 1: Name of the day
  • Line 2: weekly motto (also as an initial vote )
  • Line 3: weekly psalm
  • Lines 4–9: Rows I – VI

In the church year 2018/2019 (i.e. from 1st Advent 2018) the sermon texts must be pericopic row I, in the church year 2019/2020 pericopic row II etc.

Advent Season

1st Sunday in Advent

2nd Sunday in Advent

3rd Sunday in Advent

4th Sunday in Advent

Christmas time

Christmas Eve - Christmas Vespers

  • Weekly saying / vote: “Do not be afraid! Behold, I bring you good news of great joy, which will be to all people; For unto you is born this day a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. "( Luke 2,10b-11  LUT )
  • Psalm 96  LUT
  • I. Isaiah 9: 1-6  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • II. Ezekiel 37: 24-28  LUT
  • III. Isaiah 11: 1-10  LUT
  • IV. Micah 5: 1-4a  LUT
  • V. Luke 2,1-20  LUT (Gospel)
  • VI. Galatians 4,4-7  LUT (epistle)

Christmas Eve - Christmas Eve

  • Weekly saying / vote: “Do not be afraid! Behold, I bring you good news of great joy, which will be to all people; For unto you is born this day a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. "( Luke 2,10b-11  LUT )
  • Psalm 96  LUT
  • I. 1 Timothy 3,16  LUT (Epistle)
  • II. Zechariah 2,14-17  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • III. Matthew 1,18-25  LUT
  • IV. Titus 2,1-14  LUT
  • V. Ezekiel 34: 23-31  LUT
  • VI. Luke 2,1-20  LUT (Gospel)

Christmas - 1st holiday

Christmas festival - 2nd holiday

1st Sunday after Christmas

  • Weekly saying / vote: "We saw his glory, a glory as the only begotten Son of the Father, full of grace and truth." ( John 1,14b  ESV )
  • Psalm 71 : 1–3.12.14–18  LUT
  • I. Matthew 2 : 13-18 (19-23)  LUT
  • II. Job 42 : 1-6  LUT
  • III. Luke 2, (22–24) 25–38 (39–40)  ESV (Gospel)
  • IV. 1. John 1,1–4  LUT (epistle)
  • V. Isaiah 49: 13-16  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • VI. John 12,44-50  LUT

Old year evening

New Years Day

2nd Sunday after Christmas

  • Weekly saying / vote: "We saw his glory, a glory as the only begotten Son of the Father, full of grace and truth." ( John 1:14  LUT )
  • Psalm 100  LUT
  • I./IV. 1 John 5: 11-13  LUT (epistle)
  • II./V. Isaiah 61: 1-3 (4.9) 10-11  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • III./VI. Luke 2,41-52  LUT (Gospel)

Feast of the Epiphany - Epiphany

Epiphany time

1st Sunday after Epiphany

2nd Sunday after Epiphany

3rd Sunday after Epiphany

  • Weekly saying / vote: "There will come from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, who will sit at table in the kingdom of God." ( Luke 13:29  LUT )
  • Psalm 86 : 1-2.5-11  LUT
  • I. John 4,5-14  LUT
  • II. Acts 10 : 21-35  LUT
  • III. Ruth 1,1-19a  LUT
  • IV. Matthew 8,5-13  LUT (Gospel)
  • V. Romans 1,13-17  LUT (epistle)
  • VI. 2 Kings 5: 1-55 (16-19)  LUT (Old Testament reading)

Last Sunday after Epiphany

Prepassion period

5th Sunday before Passion

4th Sunday before Passion

Septuagesimä: 3rd Sunday before Passion

Sexagesimä: 2nd Sunday before the Passion time

  • Weekly saying / vote: "Today, when you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts." ( Hebrews 3:15  LUT )
  • Psalm 119 : 89-92,103-105,116  LUT
  • I. Acts 16 : 9-15  LUT
  • II. Ezekiel 2: 1-5 (6-7) 8-10; 3, 1-3  LUT
  • III. Luke 8,4–8 (9–15)  LUT (Gospel)
  • IV. Hebrews 4.12-13  LUT (epistle)
  • V. Isaiah 55, (6–7) 8–12a  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • VI. Mark 4, 26-29  LUT

Estomihi : Sunday before Passion Time

  • Proverb of the week / vote: "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything will be completed that is written through the prophets of the Son of Man." ( Luke 18:31  ESV )
  • Psalm 31 : 2–6.8–9.16–17  LUT
  • I. Luke 10 : 38-42  LUT
  • II. Luke 18 : 31-43  LUT
  • III. Isaiah 58: 1-9a  ESV
  • IV. Mark 8,31-38  LUT (Gospel)
  • V. 1 Corinthians 13 : 1–13  LUT (epistle)
  • VI. Amos 5,21-24  LUT (Old Testament reading)

Passion time

Ash Wednesday

  • Proverb of the week / vote: "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything will be completed that is written through the prophets of the Son of Man." ( Luke 18:31  ESV )
  • Psalm 51 : 3–6.11–14  LUT
  • I. Joel 2,12-19  LUT (Old Testament Reading)
  • II. Matthew 9 : 14-17  LUT
  • III. Ps 51.1 to 14 (15-21)  LUT
  • IV. Exodus 32 : 1–6.15–20  LUT
  • V. Matthew 6,16-21  LUT (Gospel)
  • VI. 2 Peter 1: 2–11  LUT (epistle)

Invokavit : 1st Sunday of Passion time

Reminiscences : 2nd Sunday of Passion time

  • Weekly saying / vote: "God shows his love for us in the fact that Christ died for us when we were still sinners." ( Romans 5 : 8  LUT )
  • Psalm 25.1 to 9  LUT
  • I. John 3: 14-21  LUT (Gospel)
  • II. Romans 5: 1-5 (6-11)  LUT (epistle)
  • III. Isaiah 5: 1-7  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • IV. Matthew 26 : 36-46  LUT
  • V. Mark 12: 1-12  LUT
  • VI. Numbers 21: 4-9  LUT

Okuli : 3rd Sunday of Passion time

  • Weekly saying / vote: "Anyone who puts his hand on the plow and looks back is not skilled for the kingdom of God." ( Luke 9:62  LUT )
  • Psalm 34 : 16-23  LUT
  • I. Jeremiah 20 : 7-11a (11b-13)  ESV
  • II. Luke 9,57-62  LUT (Gospel)
  • III. Ephesians 5,1–2 (3–7) 8–9  LUT (epistle)
  • IV. 1 Kings 19: 1-8 (9-13a)  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • V. Luke 22 : 47-53  LUT
  • VI. 1 Peter 1, (13-17) 18-21  ESV

Latars : 4th Sunday of Passion time

  • Weekly saying / vote: “If the grain of wheat does not fall into the ground and die, it remains alone; but when it dies, it bears much fruit. "( John 12:24  NIV )
  • Psalm 84 : 2-13  LUT
  • I. John 6,47-51  LUT
  • II. Isaiah 66: 10-14  LUT
  • III. John 12 : 20-26  LUT (Gospel)
  • IV. 2 Corinthians 1, 3-7  LUT (epistle)
  • V. Isaiah 54,7-10  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • VI. Luke 22 : 54-62  LUT

Judika : 5th Sunday of Passion time

  • Weekly saying / vote: "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many." ( Matthew 20:28  LUT )
  • Psalm 43.1-5  LUT
  • I. John 18.28 - 19.5  LUT
  • II. Hebrews 13 : 12-14  LUT
  • III. Job 19 : 19-27  LUT
  • IV. Mark 10 : 35-45  LUT (Gospel)
  • V. Hebrews 5 : 7-9  LUT (epistle)
  • VI. Genesis 22: 1-14 (15-19)  LUT (Old Testament Reading)

Palm Sunday : 6th Sunday of Passion time

Holy Thursday : the day of the institution of the sacrament

Good Friday : the day of the crucifixion of the Lord

  • Weekly saying / vote: "So God loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that all who believe in him would not perish, but have eternal life." ( John 3:16  LUT )
  • Psalm 22 : 2–9.12.16.19–20  LUT
  • I. John 19: 16-30  LUT (Gospel)
  • II. 2 Corinthians 5, (14b – 18) 19–21  LUT (epistle)
  • III. Isaiah 52,13 - 53,12  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • IV. Luke 23 : 33-49  LUT
  • V. Colossians 1: 13-20  LUT
  • VI. Matthew 27 : 33-54  LUT

Good Friday - Vespers

Holy Saturday

Easter , Easter time, Pentecost

Easter night

Easter Sunday: Day of the Lord's Resurrection

Easter Monday

Quasimodogeniti : 1st Sunday after Easter

  • Weekly saying / vote: "Praise be to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has reborn us to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." ( 1 Peter 1,3  LUT )
  • Psalm 116 : 1-9.13  LUT
  • I. 1. Peter 1,3–9  LUT (epistle)
  • II. Isaiah 40: 26-31  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • III. John 21: 1-14  LUT
  • IV. Colossians 2:12-15  LUT
  • V. Genesis 32 : 23-32  LUT
  • VI. John 20 : 19-20 (21-23) 24-29  LUT (Gospel)

Misericordias Domini : 2nd Sunday after Easter

  • Weekly saying / vote: Christ says: “I am the good shepherd. My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me; and I give them eternal life. "( John 10,11.27-28  LUT )
  • Psalm 23  LUT
  • I. John 10: 11-16 (27-30)  ESV (Gospel)
  • II. 1. Peter 2,21b – 25  LUT (epistle)
  • III. Ezekiel 34.1–2 (3–9) 10–16.31  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • IV. John 21: 15-19  LUT
  • V. 1. Peter 5: 1-4  LUT
  • VI. Genesis 16 : 1–16  LUT

Jubilate : 3rd Sunday after Easter

Cantata : 4th Sunday after Easter

Rogate : 5th Sunday after Easter

Ascension of Christ

  • Verse of the week / vote: Christ says: "If I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to me." ( John 12.32  LUT )
  • Psalm 47 : 2–10  LUT
  • I. 1. Kings 8,22–24,26–28  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • II. John 17 : 20-26  LUT
  • III. Ephesians 1, (15-20a) 20b-23  LUT
  • IV. Daniel 7: 1-3 (4-8) 9-14  LUT
  • V. Luke 24, (44–49) 50–53  LUT (Gospel)
  • VI. Acts 1, 3–11  LUT (New Testament reading)

Exaudi : 6th Sunday after Easter

Pentecost Sunday : the day of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Whit Monday

Sundays after Trinity

Trinity : Day of the Trinity

1st Sunday after Trinity

  • Proverb of the week / vote: Christ said to his disciples: “Whoever listens to you hears me; and whoever despises you despises me. "( Luke 10:16  ESV )
  • Psalm 34 : 2-11  LUT
  • I. John 5 : 39-47  LUT
  • II. Acts 4,32-37  LUT
  • III. Jonah 1,1-2,2 (3-10) 11  LUT
  • IV. Luke 16 : 19-31  LUT (Gospel)
  • V. 1. John 4, (13–16a) 16b – 21  LUT (epistle)
  • VI. Jeremiah 23.16 to 29  LUT (Alttestamentliche reading)

2nd Sunday after Trinity

3rd Sunday after Trinity

4th Sunday after Trinity

5th Sunday after Trinity

6th Sunday after Trinity

  • Proverb of the week / vote: “Thus says the LORD, who created you, Jacob, and made you, Israel: Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine! "( Isaiah 43,1  LUT )
  • Psalm 139.1-12  LUT
  • I. 1. Peter 2,2-10  LUT
  • II. Deuteronomy 7 : 6-12  LUT
  • III. Matthew 28 : 16-20  LUT (Gospel)
  • IV. Romans 6,3–8 (9–11)  LUT (epistle)
  • V. Isaiah 43: 1-7  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • VI. Acts 8 : 26-39  LUT

7th Sunday after Trinity

  • Weekly saying / vote: "So you are no longer guests and strangers, but fellow citizens of the saints and members of God's household." ( Ephesians 2:19  LUT )
  • Psalm 107 : 1-9  LUT
  • I. John 6.30-35  LUT
  • II. Hebrews 13 : 1-3  LUT
  • III. 1. Kings 17: 1–16  LUT
  • IV. John 6,1-15  LUT (Gospel)
  • V. Acts 2.41-47  LUT (New Testament reading)
  • VI. Exodus 16 : 2–3.11–18  LUT (Old Testament reading)

8th Sunday after Trinity

9th Sunday after Trinity

  • Weekly saying / vote: “But if you don't know him and have done what deserves blows, you will suffer few blows. If you have been given a lot, you will search a lot; and to whom much has been entrusted, all the more will be asked of him. "( Luke 12:48  LUT )
  • Psalm 63 : 2-9  LUT
  • I. Philippians 3, (4b – 6) 7–14  LUT (epistle)
  • II. Jeremiah 1,4-10  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • III. Matthew 7: 24-27  LUT
  • IV. Matthew 25 : 14-30  LUT
  • V. 1 Kings 3.5-15 (16-28)  LUT
  • VI. Matthew 13,44-46  LUT (Gospel)

10th Sunday after Trinity - Israel Sunday : Church and Israel

10th Sunday after Trinity - Israel Sunday : the day of the destruction of Jerusalem

11th Sunday after Trinity

  • Weekly saying / vote: “All of you, however, clothe yourselves with humility; for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. "( 1 Peter 5,5b  LUT )
  • Psalm 145 : 1–2.14.17–21  LUT
  • I. Job 23  LUT
  • II. Luke 18,9-14  LUT (Gospel)
  • III. Ephesians 2,4-10  LUT (epistle)
  • IV. 2 Samuel 12: 1–10.13–15a  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • V. Luke 7,36-50  LUT
  • VI. Galatians 2 : 16-21  LUT

12. Sunday after Trinity

13th Sunday after Trinity

  • Weekly saying / vote: "Christ says: 'Truly, I say to you: what you did to one of these my least brothers, you did it to me.'" ( Matthew 25:40  ESV )
  • Psalm 112  LUT
  • I. Mark 3 : 31-35  LUT
  • II. Acts 6: 1-7  LUT
  • III. Genesis 4.1–16a  LUT
  • IV. Luke 10: 25-37  LUT (Gospel)
  • V. 1. John 4,7-12  LUT (epistle)
  • VI. Leviticus 19 : 1–3.13–18.33–34  LUT (Old Testament reading)

14th Sunday after Trinity

15th Sunday after Trinity

16th Sunday after Trinity

  • Weekly saying / vote: "He who has taken power from death and brought life and an immortal being to light through the gospel." ( 2 Timothy 1,10  LUT )
  • Psalm 68 : 4-7.20-21.35-36  LUT
  • I. John 11,1 (2) 3.17–27 (28–38a) 38b – 45  LUT (Gospel)
  • II. 2 Timothy 1,7-10  LUT (Epistle)
  • III. Lamentations 3,22–26,31–32  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • IV. Luke 7 : 11-16  LUT
  • V. Hebrews 10 : 35-36 (37-38) 39  LUT
  • IV. Psalm 16, (1-4) 5-11  LUT

17th Sunday after Trinity

18th Sunday after Trinity

19th Sunday after Trinity

20th Sunday after Trinity

  • Weekly saying / vote: "You have been told, man, what is good and what the LORD demands of you: nothing but keep God's word and practice love and be humble before your God." ( Micah 6,8  LUT )
  • Psalm 119 : 1-8.17-18  LUT
  • I. Genesis 8 : 18-22; 9.12-17  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • II. Mark 2, 23-28  LUT
  • III. Ecclesiastes 12: 1-7  LUT
  • IV. Song 8,8b-7  LUT
  • V. Mark 10 : 2-9 (10-16) 13-16  LUT (Gospel)
  • VI. 2 Corinthians 3 : 3-6 (7-9)  LUT (epistle)

21st Sunday after Trinity

22nd Sunday after Trinity

23rd Sunday after Trinity

24th Sunday after Trinity

  • Weekly saying / vote: "With joy give thanks to the Father who has made you fit for the inheritance of the saints in the light." ( Colossians 1:12  LUT )
  • Psalm 39 : 5-8.13-14  LUT
  • I./IV. 1 Corinthians 9 : 16-23  LUT (epistle)
  • II./V. Isaiah 51,9-16  LUT (Old Testament reading)
  • III./VI. Mark 1,21-28  LUT (Gospel)

End of the church year

Third last Sunday of the church year

Penultimate Sunday of the church year

Day of Prayer and Repentance

Last Sunday of the church year - Eternal Sunday

Last Sunday of the church year - Sunday of the Dead

Protestant holidays outside the church year scheme

Thanksgiving

Reformation Day : October 31

Generally celebrated days

Consecration

See also

literature

  • VELKD, UEK (ed.): Lectionary. According to the order of worship texts and songs. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2018. ISBN 978-3-374-05587-6 .
  • Evangelical hymn book. Edition for the Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Lower Saxony and for the Evangelical Church in Bremen , No. 953–954.73, Hanover 1994.
  • Evangelical service book. Agende for the Evangelical Church of the Union and for the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany , Berlin / Bielefeld / Hanover 1999. [2]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reorganization of the divine service readings and sermon texts. Draft for testing on behalf of EKD, UEK and VELKD . Hanover, 2014, p. 11 (pdf; 4.4 MB)
  2. ↑ Veronika Janssen: "Eh, Mr. Pastor, this is a completely new religion!" The Adler church agendas of 1797 between congregations, preachers and authorities. Kiel 2017, pp. 115–120.
  3. ^ A b Evangelical hymn book for Rhineland and Westphalia . Crüwell, Dortmund, 1929, Appendix, p. 55.
  4. ↑ a b Lectionary . S. XVII .
  5. ↑ Lectionary . S. XVII-XVIII .
  6. ↑ Reorganization of the divine service readings and sermon texts. Draft for testing on behalf of EKD, UEK and VELKD . Hanover, 2014 (pdf; 4.4 MB).
  7. ↑ Reorganization of the divine service readings and sermon texts. Draft for testing on behalf of EKD, UEK and VELKD . Hanover, 2014, p. 14 (pdf; 4.4 MB).
  8. ↑ Reorganization of the divine service readings and sermon texts. Draft for testing on behalf of EKD, UEK and VELKD . Hannover, 2014, pp. 552–557 (pdf; 4.4 MB).
  9. ↑ Lectionary . S. XVIII .
  10. ↑ Thomas Melzl: The "table of the word" richly laid. The new pericope order in the light of initial trials. In: Deutsches Pfarrerblatt 6/2018. P. 327 , accessed June 18, 2018 .
  11. ^ 4th session of the 12th general synod of the VELKD ended . Evangelical Church in Germany, November 11, 2017, accessed on February 5, 2018.
  12. ↑ a b Lectionary . S. XXI .
  13. From a mathematical point of view, after the new regulation, in extremely rare cases the pre-Passion period can even be completely omitted. Proof: Candlemas is 48 days before March 22nd in normal years and 49 days in leap years. March 22nd is the earliest possible Easter date. Since the Sunday Estomihi is 49 days before Easter, the Easter date of March 22nd in normal years is Estomihi one day before Candlemas ; in leap years both dates coincide. In both cases, however, according to the new regulation, the Sunday should be celebrated as the last Sunday after Epiphany , which means that the pre-Passion time on this Easter date is completely eliminated. End of proof. On March 23rd, the Easter date, there is a coincidence of Estomihi and Candlemas in normal years , which also means that the entire pre-Passion period is canceled. According to the Easter statistics of the University of Utrecht , March 22nd is the date of Easter in 0.483% of the years and March 23rd in 0.95% of the years. March 22nd is Easter in 2285, March 23rd in a normal year in 2600. Presumably because of their rarity, these cases are in the lesson . S. XXI . not considered.
  14. ↑ Lectionary . S. XXII .
  15. ↑ Norbert Lohfink: On the pericope order for the Sundays in the annual cycle. In: Philosophical-Theological University of Sankt Georgen. Retrieved December 5, 2018 (Published in: Heiliger Dienst 55 (2001) 37-57).
  16. ↑ a b c Since this Sunday rarely occurs, only three series of sermons are suggested here.