1789 Book of Common Prayer: Front Matter & Lectionary

The Book of Common Prayer

as found in the 1786 Proposed, 1789, 1892, 1928 and U. S. Books of Common Prayer

Advent

• First Sunday in Advent
• Second Sunday in Advent
• Third Sunday in Advent
• Fourth Sunday in Advent

Christmas

• Christmas Day
• Sunday after Christmas Day
• Second Sunday after Christmas Day [added in 1928]
• Circumcision of Christ

Epiphany

• Epiphany
• First Sunday after the Epiphany
• Second Sunday after the Epiphany
• Third Sunday after the Epiphany
• Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
• Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
• Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
• Septuagesima Sunday
• Sexagesima Sunday
• Quinquagesima Sunday

Lent

• First Day of Lent, commonly called Ash Wednesday
• First Sunday in Lent
• Second Sunday in Lent
• Third Sunday in Lent
• Fourth Sunday in Lent
• Fifth Sunday in Lent
• Sunday next before Easter [Palm Sunday]

Readings for the First Sunday in Advent, from copy of the 1789 BCP published in 1865.

Holy Week

• Monday before Easter
• Tuesday before Easter
• Wednesday before Easter
• Thursday before Easter [Maundy Thursday]
• Good Friday
• Easter Even

Easter

• Easter Day
• Monday in Easter Week
• Tuesday in Easter Week
• First Sunday after Easter
• Second Sunday after Easter
• Third Sunday after Easter
• Fourth Sunday after Easter
• Fifth Sunday after Easter

Ascensiontide

• Ascension Day
• Sunday after Ascension

Whitsuntide

• Whitsunday [Pentecost]
• Monday in Whitsun-Week
• Tuesday in Whitsun-Week

Readings for Ash Wednesday, from a copy of the 1789 BCP published in 1849. Note the differences in formatting and typography between this and the copy above; before the 1892 edition there were no standards for such.

Sundays after Trinity:

• First Sunday after Trinity
• Second Sunday after Trinity
• Third Sunday after Trinity
• Fourth Sunday after Trinity
• Fifth Sunday after Trinity
• Sixth Sunday after Trinity
• Seventh Sunday after Trinity
• Eighth Sunday after Trinity
• Ninth Sunday after Trinity
• Tenth Sunday after Trinity
• Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
• Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
• Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
• Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
• Twnety-First Sunday after Trinity
• Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity
• Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity
• Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity
• Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity (Sunday next before Advent)

Readings for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity, from an edition published in 1843.

Holy Days:

• St. Andrew's Day
• St. Thomas the Apostle
• St. Stephen's Day
• St. John the Evangelist's Day
• The Innocents' Day
• Conversion of St. Paul
• Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Purification of St. Mary the Virgin)
• St. Matthias' Day
• Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary
• St. Mark's Day
• St. Philip & James
• St. Barnabas the Apostle
• St. John Baptist
• St. Peter's Day
• St. James the Apostle
• Transfiguration [added 1892]
• St. Bartholomew
• St. Matthew
• St. Michael & All Angels
• St. Luke
• St. Simon & St. Jude, Apostles
• All Saints

Readings for St. Andrew's Day, from the 1892 BCP.

Additional Propers: (all added in 1928)

• A Saint's Day
• Feast for the Dedication of a Church
• Ember Days
• Rogation Days
• Independence Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• At a Marriage
• At the Burial of the Dead

Return to the 1786 Proposed; 1789; 1892; 1928 Book of Common Prayer