1928 BCP/Guide to the two Office lectionaries

Guide to the two Office lectionaries

The 1928 Book of Common Prayer was printed with two different Tables of Lessons for the Daily Office during its lifetime.

Original 1928 lectionary

The Table as printed in 1928, in use from 1928 to 1944 (per the Society of Archbishop Justus). In this package its edition ID is `original-1928`.

Revised lectionary

The Table extensively revised and printed from 1945 onward (per Justus, in use 1945-1978). The project brief calls it the "1943 revised" lectionary. Both dates are recorded here because the dating has not been settled from a 1943 General Convention action or a 1945 imprint page in this version; see 1928 BCP/Sources and methodology. Its edition ID is `revised-1943-1945`.

Which one does the planner show?

The revised lectionary, by default. That is a display choice for the initial planner, not a claim that the original lectionary is superseded for every parish. A parish that uses the original table should use the original-lectionary appointments, which are stored separately and never merged with the revised appointments.

How to read an appointment

An appointment gives, for Morning Prayer and for Evening Prayer separately: the psalms (where the table supplies them), the First Lesson, and the Second Lesson. Alternatives printed in the table are listed as alternatives, not silently chosen. Footnotes and symbols are printed verbatim; a symbol is explained only where the source itself explains it.

What is not yet here

The full appointment tables for both editions are still being extracted and verified. Until an appointment is verified, a dated planning page says so and does not present a lesson reference. Monthly Psalter appointments (the 30-day cycle) are a separate dataset from lectionary-appointed psalmody; do not confuse the two.