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The Book of Common Prayer

	The
	Proposed Book of Common Prayer (1928)
	of the Church of England

AN ALTERNATIVE ORDER HOW THE PSALTER IS APPOINTED TO BE READ (1927)

The equivalent section from the 1662 BCP precedes this.

TABLE OF PROPER PSALMS FOR SUNDAYS AND HOLY-DAYS [CERTAIN DAYS in 1927 Final Draft]

At the discretion of the Minister, one or more of the appointed Psalms may be used in place of the whole number.

	MATTINS	EVENSONG
1st Sunday in	1,
Advent	7	46, 48
2nd Sunday in Advent	9, 11	50, 67
3rd Sunday in Advent	73	75, 76, 82
4th Sunday in Advent	94	96, 97, 98
Christmas Eve	—	89*
Christmas Day	19, 85	132
1st Sunday after Christmas	2, 8	45, 110, 113
New Year's Eve	—	90, 133, 134
Circumcision	119 (1-32)	91, 121
2nd Sunday after Christmas	103	104
Eve of Epiphany	—	19, 87
Epiphany	72	96, 97, 117
1st Sunday after Epiphany	46, 47, 67	18
2nd Sunday after Epiphany	27, 36	68
3rd Sunday after Epiphany	42, 43	33, 34
4th Sunday after Epiphany	60, 63	74
5th Sunday after Epiphany	99, 112	106
6th Sunday after Epiphany	80, 81	78
Septuagesima	104	147, 148
Sexagesima	139	25, 26
Quinquagesima	15, 20, 23	30, 31
Ash Wednesday	6, 32, 38	102, 130, 143
1st Sunday in Lent	51	6, 32, 143
2nd Sunday in Lent	119 (1-32)	119 (33-72)
3rd Sunday in Lent	119 (73-104)	119 (105-144)
4th Sunday in Lent	1l9 (145-176)	39, 40
5th Sunday in Lent	22	51
6th Sunday in Lent	61, 62	86, 130
Monday in Holy Week	13,25	26, 27, 28
Tuesday in Holy Week	31	88
Wednesday in Holy Week	41, 42, 43	54, 55
Thursday in Holy Week	56, 64	23, 109
Good Friday	22	40, 69
Easter Even	23, 30, 142	115, 116, 117
Easter Day	2, 16, 111	113, 114, 118
1st Sunday after Easter	3, 57	103
2nd Sunday after Easter	120, 121, 122, 123	65, 66
3rd Sunday after Easter	124, 125, 126, 127	81, 84
4th Sunday after Easter	128, 129, 130, 131	145, 146
5th Sunday after Easter	132, 133, 134	107
Eve of Ascension	—	15, 97, 99
Ascension Day	8, 21	24, 47, 110
Sunday after Ascension Day	93, 96	148, 149, 150
Eve of Whitsunday	—	48, 145
Whitsunday	68	104
Trinity Sunday	29, 33	93, 99, 115
1st Sunday after Trinity	1, 3, 5	4, 7, 8
2nd Sunday after Trinity	10, 12, 13	15, 16, 17
3rd Sunday after Trinity	18	19, 20, 21
4th Sunday after Trinity	24, 25	22, 23
5th Sunday after Trinity	26, 28	27, 29, 30
6th Sunday after Trinity	31, 32	33, 36
7th Sunday after Trinity	34	37
8th Sunday after Trinity	39, 40	41, 42, 43
9th Sunday after Trinity	46, 47, 48	44, 45
10th Sunday after Trinity	50, 53	51, 54
11th Sunday after Trinity	56, 57	61, 62, 63
12th Sunday after Trinity	65, 66	68
13th Sunday after Trinity	71	67, 72
14th Sunday after Trinity	75, 76	73, 77
15th Sunday after Trinity	84, 85	89
16th Sunday after Trinity	86, 87	90, 91
17th Sunday after Trinity	92, 93	100, 101, 102
18th Sunday after Trinity	103	107
19th Sunday after Trinity	111, 112, 113	120, 121, 122, 123
20th Sunday after Trinity	114, 115	124, 125, 126, 127
21st Sunday after Trinity	116, 117	128, 129, 130, 131
22nd Sunday after Trinity	118	132, 133, 134
23rd Sunday after Trinity	110, 135	137, 138, 139
24th Sunday after Trinity	136	140, 141, 142
25th Sunday after Trinity	49	79, 83
26th Sunday after Trinity	84, 144	105
Sunday next before Advent	145, 146	147, 148, 149, 150

PSALMS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS

One or more of the following Psalms may be used on the occasions specified:—

Eves of Holy-days and Holy-days.— l, 15, 24, 30, 34, 42, 43, 84, 91, 103, 111, 112, 113, 116, portions of 119, 131, 132, 138, 45, 146, 148, 149. Rogation Days..—34, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 102, 121, 127, 144. Feast of Dedication or Patronal Feast..—-24, 48, 84, 122, 132, 133, 134. Thanksgiving for Harvest..—65, 67, 103, 104, 144, 145, 147, 148, 150. For Home Missions and Missions beyond the Seas..—2, 45, 46, 47, 48, 67, 72, 85, 87, 96, 97, 100, 117. Times of trouble or anxiety..—23, 25, 46, 77, 80, 86, 90, 130. Occasions of thanksgiving..—30, 33, 65, 107, 111, 115, 138, 145, 146, 148, 150.

*Only vs. 1-36 specified in the 1927 Final Draft.

THE ORDER HOW THE REST OF HOLY SCRIPTURE IS APPOINTED TO BE READ

[The 1662 and 1927 Daily Lectionaries follow here.]

THE CALENDAR (1927) WITH LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FOREGOING TABLE

JANUARY	MORNING	EVENING
	LESSONS	LESSONS
1	A	Circumcision	Gen.	Deut.
		of our Lord	17. 1-13	30
2	b
			Rom. 2. 17-end	Rom. 13
3	c
4	d
5	e
Isaiah
49. 1-13
Rom. 15, 18-21
6	f	Epiphany	Is.	Is.
		of our Lord	60	61
7	g
			Luke 3, 15-22	John 2. 1-1l
8	A
9	b
10	c
11	d
12	e
13	f	Hilary,
		Bishop of Poitiers and Doctor, 368
14	g
15	A
16	b
17	c	Antony
		of Egypt, Abbot, 306
18	d
19	e	Wulfstan,
		Bishop of Worcester, 1095
20	f	Fabian,
		Bishop of Rome and Martyr, 250
21	g	Agnes,
		Roman Virgin and Martyr, c. 304
22	A	Vincent,
		Spanish Deacon and Martyr, c. 304
				Jeremiah
23	b			1, 4-10
24	c			Acts 26, 1-23
25	d	Conversion	Isaiah	Isaiah
		of St. Paul	49. 1-13	45, 18-end
			Gal. 1, 11-end	Phil. 3, 1-14
26	e	Polycarp.
		Bishop of Smyrna and Martyr, c. 155
27	f	John
		Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople and Doctor, 407
28	g
29	A
30	b
31	c

FEBRUARY	MORNING	EVENING
	LESSONS	LESSONS
1	d			Exod.
				13.11-16
				Gal. 4, 1-7
2	e	Purification	1	Hagg.
		of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Sam. 1. 21-end	2, 1-9
			Heb. 10,	Romans 12, 1-5
			1-10
	f	Anskar
3		of Sweden, Bishop, 864
4				Isaiah
	g			22, 15-22
5
	A			John 15. 1-16
6
	b
7
	c
8
	d
9
	e
10
	f
11
	g
12
	A
13
	b
14
	c
15
	d
16
	e
17
	f
18
	g
19
	A
20
	b
21
	c
22
	d
23
	e
24		St.	1	1
	f	Matthias, .Apostle	Sam. 2. 27-35	Sam. 16, 1-13
25
	g		Matt. 7. 15-27	Acts 20. 17-35
26
	A
27
	b
28
	c
29
	...

M	MORNING	EVENING
ARCH
	LESSONS	LESSONS
1	d	David,
		Bishop of Menevia, 6th cent.
2	e	Chad,
		Bishop of Lichfield, 672
3	f
4	g
5	A
6	b
7	c	Perpetua
		and her Companions, Carthaginian .Martyrs, 203
8	d
9	e
10	f
11	g
12	A	Gregory
		the Great, Bishop of Rome and Doctor, 604
13	b
14	c
15	d
16	e
17	f	Patrick,
		of Ireland, Bishop, 461
18	g
19	A
20	b	Cuthbert,
		Bishop of Lindisfarne, 687
21	c
		Benedict, Abbot of Monte Cassino, c. 540
22	d			Gen.
				3, 1-15
23	e
				Rom. 5, 12-21
24	f
25	g	Annunciation	Is.	1
		of our Lady	52, 7-12 l	Samuel 2, 1-11
26	A
			Heb. 2, 5-end	Matt. 1, 18-23
27	b
28	c
29	d
30	e
31	f

APRIL	MORNING	EVENING
	LESSONS	LESSONS
1	g
2	A
3	b	Richard,
		Bishop of Chichester, 1253
4	c	Ambrose,
		Bishop of Milan and Doctor 397
5	d
6	e
7	f
8	g
9	A
10	b
11	c
		Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome and Doctor. 461
12	d
13	e
14	f
15	g
16	A
17	b
18	c
19	d	Alphege,
		Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr 1012
20	e
21	f	Anselm,
		Archbishop of Canterbury ,and Doctor, 1109
22	g
23	A	George,		Ezek.
		Martyr		1
24	b
				Acts 12,25—13,13
25	c	St.	Ecclus.	Isaiah
		Mark, Evangelist	51. 13-end	62, 6-end
26	d
			Acts 15, 35-end	2 Tim. 4, 1-11
27	e
28	f
29	g
30	A	Catherine		Prov.
		of Siena, Virgin, 1380		4, 10-18
				John 1, 43-end

MAY	MORNING	EVENING
	LESSONS	LESSONS
1	b	St.	Job	Isaiah
		Philip and St. James, Apostles	23. 1-12	30, 15-21
			John 6, 1-14	John 17, 1-8
2	c	Athanasius,
		Bishop of Alexandria and Doctor, 373
3	d
4	e	Monnica,
		Matron, 387
5	f
6	g	St.
		John Evangelist, ante Portam Latinam
7	A
8	b
9	c
10	d
11	e
12	f
13	g
14	A
15	b
16	c
17	d
18	e
16	f	Dunstan,
		Archbishop of Canterbury, 988
20	g
21	A
22	b
23	c
24	d
25	e	Aldhelm,
		Bishop of Sherborne, 709
26	f	Augustine,
		first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
		Venerable
27	g	Bede, of Jarrow, Presbyter and Doctor, 735
28	f
29	g
30	A
31	b

JUNE	MORNING	EVENING
	LESSONS	LESSONS
1	e
2	f
3	g
4	A
5	b	Boniface,
		Bishop of Mamz and Martyr, c. 755
6	c
7	d
8	e
9	f	Columba,
		Abbot of Iona, 597
10	g			Job 29, 11-16
				Acts 4, 32-end
			Jer. 9, 23,	Is. 42, 5-12
11	A	St. Barnabas, Apostle	24
12	b
			Acts 9, 26-31	Acts 14, 8-end
13	c
14	d	Basil,
		Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia and Doctor, 379
15	e
16	f
17	g
18	A
19	b
20	c
21	d
22	e	Alban,
		Martyr, c. 304
23	f	Vigil		Mal. 3, 1-6
				Luke 1, 5-23
24	g	Nativity	Ecclus. 48,	Mal. 4
		of St. John Baptist	1-10
				Matt. 11, 2-19
			Luke 3, 1-20
25	A
26	b
27	c
28	d	Irenaeus,		Ezekiel 2, 1-7
		Bishop of Lyons and Doctor, c. 202
				Acts 3
		St.	Ezekiel. 3,	Ezekiel 34.
29	e	Peter, Apostle and Martyr	4-11	11-16
30	f
			Acts 11, 1-18	John 21, 15-22

JULY	MORNING	EVENING
	LESSONS	LESSONS
1	g
2	A	Visitation
		of the Blessed Virgin Mary
3	b
4	c
5	d
6	e
7	f
8	g
9	A
10	b
11	c
12	d
13	e
14	f
15	g	Swithun,
		Bishop of Winchester, c. 862; translated 971
16	A
17	b
18	c
19	d
20	e	Margaret,
		Virgin and Martyr at Antioch in Pisidia
21	f			Prov. 31, 10-end
				Luke 8, 1-3
		St.	Is. 52, 7-10	Zeph. 3,
22	g	Mary Magdalen		14-end
23	A
			John 20, 1-10	Mark 15,40—16,7
24	b			2 Kings 1,
				1-15
				Luke 9, 46-56
25	c	St.	Jeremiah 45	Jer. 26, 1-15
		James the Great, Apostle and Martyr
				Mark 5, 21-end
			Mark 1, 14-20
26	d	Anne,
		Mother to the Blessed Virgin Mary
27	e
28	f
29	g
30	A
31	b

AUGUST	MORNING	EVENING
	LESSONS	LESSONS
1	c	[Lammas
		Day]
2	d
3	e
4	f
5	g	Oswald,		Exodus 24, 12-end
		King of Northumbria and Martyr, 642
				Luke 9. 28-45
6	A	Transfiguration	Exodus 34, 29-end	1 Kings 19,
		of our Lord		1-16
			2 Cor. 3	2 Peter 1, 12-end
7	b	Name
		of Jesus
8	c
9	d
10	c	Laurence,
		Deacon at Rome and Martyr, 258
11	d
12	e
13	f
14	g
15	A
16	b
17	c
18	d
19	e
20	A	Bernard
		of Clairvaux, Abbot, 1153
21	b			Gen.
				28, 10-17
22	c
				1 John 1. 43-end
23	d
24	e	St.	Ecclus. 39,	Deut. 18, 15-19
		Bartholomew, Apostle	1-10
				Matt. 10, 16-22
			Matt. 10, 1-15
25	f
26	g
27	A
28	b	Augustine.
		Bishop of Hippo in Africa and Doctor, 430
29	c	Beheading
		of St. John Baptist
30	d
31	c	Aidan,
		Bishop of Lindisfarne, 651

SEPTEMBER	MORNING	EVENING
	LESSONS	LESSONS
1	f	Giles
		of Provence, Abbot, c. 720
2	g
3	A
4	b
5	c
6	d
7	e
8	f	Nativity
		of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9	g
10	A
11	b
12	c
13	d	Cyprian,
		Bishop of Carthage and Martyr, 258
14	e	Holy
		Cross Day
15	f
16	g	Ninian,
		Bishop in Galloway, c.430
17	A
18	b
19	c	Theodore
		of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
20	d			1 Kings 19.
				15-end
				Matt. 6, l9-end
21	e	St. Matthew,	Prov. 3. 1-18	1 Chron. 29.
		Apostle and Evangelist		9-17
			Matt. 19, 16-end	1 Tim. 6, 6-19
22	f			Ezek.
				10, 8-end
23	g
				Rev. 5
24	A
25	b
26	c
27	d
28	e
29	c	St.	2 Kings 6, 8-17	Dan. 10, 4-end
		Michael and All Angels
			Acts 12, 1-11	Matt. 13.24-30 and 36-43
30	d	Jerome,
		Presbyter and Doctor, 420

OCTOBER	MORNING	EVENING
	LESSONS	LESSONS
1	A	Remigius,
		Bishop of Rheims, c.530
2	b
3	c
4	d	Francis
		of Assisi, 1226
5	e
6	f	Faith
		of Aquitaine, Virgin and Martyr, c. 304
7	g
8	A
9	b	Denys,
		Bishop and Martyr*
10	c
11	d
12	e
13	f	Edward
		the King and Confessor 1066, translated 1163
14	g
15	A
16	b
17	c	Etheldreda,		Is. 55
		Queen and Abbess of Ely, 679
				Luke 1, 1-4
18	d	St.	Is. 61, 1-6	Ecclus. 38.
		Luke, Evangelist		1-14
			Acts 16, 6-18	Col. 4, 7-end
19	e
20	f
21	g
22	A
23	b
24	c
25	d	Crispin
		and Crispinian, Martyrs*
26	e	Alfred,
		King of the West Saxons, 899
27	f			Isaiah 28, 9-16
				Eph. 2, ll-end
28	g	St.	Ecclus. 2	1 Macc. 2, 42-66
		Simon and St. Jude,Apostles
			Luke 6, 12-23
				Jude 17-end
29	A
30	b
31	c	Vigil		Wisd. 3, 1-9
				Heb. 11,32—12,2

Added in 1927 Final Draft

NOVEMBER	MORNING	EVENING
	LESSONS	LESSONS
1	d	All	Wisd. 5, 1-16	Ecclus. 44,
		Saints' Day		1-15
			Rev. 19. 6-10
				Rev. 7, 9-end
2	e	Commemoration
		of All Souls
3	f
4	g
5	A
6	b	Leonard,
		Abbot, c. 559
7	c
8	d	Saints,
		Martyrs, and Doctors of the Church of England
9	e
10	f
11	g	Martin,
		Bishop of Tours, c. 397
12	A
13	b
14	c
15	d
16	e	Hugh,
		Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
17	f	Hilda,
		Abbess of Whitby, 680
18	g
19	A
20	b	Edmund,
		King of East Anglia and Martyr, 870
21	c
22	d	Cecilia.,
		Virgin and Martyr at Rome, c. 230
23	e	Clement,
		Bishop of Rome and Martyr, c. 100
24	f
25	g	Catherine,
		Virgin and Martyr at Alexandria *
26	A
27	b
28	c
29	d	Vigil		Ecclus. 14,
				20-end
				John I. 35-42
30	e	St.	Zech. 8. 20-end	Ezekiel 47.
		Andrew, Apostle		1-12
			John 12. 20-32	1 Cor. 1. 18-end

Added in 1927 Final Draft

DECEMBER	MORNING	EVENING
	LESSONS	LESSONS
1	f
2	g
3	A
4	b	Clement
		of Alexandria, Doctor, c. 210
5	c	Nicolas,
		Bishop of Myra in Lycia*
6	d
7	e
8	f	Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9	g
		[O Sapientia]
10	A
11	b
12	c
13	d
14	e
15	f
16	g
17	A	Ignatius,
		Bishop of Antioch and Martyr in Rome, c. 110
18	b			2
				Sam. 15, 17-21
19	c
				John 11, 1-16
20	d
21	e		Job 42, 1-6	Is. 35
		St. Thomas, Apostle
			John 17, 1-7	1 Peter 1, 3-9
22	f	Vigil
23	g
24	A
25	b	Christmas
		Day
26	c	St.
		Stephen, the first Martyr
27	d	St.
		John, Apostle and Evangelist
28	e	Innocents'
		Day
29	f
30	g
31	A

Added in 1927 Final Draft

TABLES AND RULES

II. A TABLE OF ALL THE HOLY-DAYS

	All
	Sundays in the Year.
January	The Circumcision
1	of our Lord.
6	The Epiphany.
25	The Conversion
	of St. Paul.
February	The Purification
2	of the Blessed Virgin.
24	St. Matthias the
	Apostle.
March	The Annunciation
25	of the Blessed Virgin.
April	St. Mark the Evangelist.
25
May	St. Philip and
1	St. James the Apostles.
	The Ascension of our Lord.
June	St. Barnabas the
11	Apostle.
24	The Nativity of
	St. John Baptist.
29	St. Peter the
	Apostle.
July	St. Mary Magdalen
22	*
25	St. James the
	Apostle.
August	The Transfiguration
6	of our Lord.*
24	St. Bartholomew
	the Apostle.
September	St. Matthew the
21	Apostle.
29	St. Michael and
	All Angels.
October	St. Luke the Evangelist.
18
28	St. Simon and
	St. Jude the Apostles.
November	All Saints.
1
30	St. Andrew the
	Apostle.
December	St. Thomas the
21	Apostle.
25	The Nativity of
	our Lord.
26	St. Stephen, the
	Martyr.
27	St. John the Evangelist.
28	The Holy Innocents.
	Monday and Tuesday
	in Easter Week.
	Monday and Tuesday
	in Whitsun Week.

Not in 1662

III. A TABLE OF ALL THE DAYS OF FASTING, OR ABSTINENCE, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

^1-1Not in 1662. ²Also in 1662-Purification, Annunciation, St. Matthias, St. Peter, St. James, St. Bartholomew, St. Matthew, St. Simon and St. Jude, St. Thomas.

V. A TABLE TO REGULATE THE SERVICE WHEN TWO HOLY-DAYS FALL UPON THE SAME DAY

First	St.
Sunday in Advent	Andrew, transferred to Tuesday.
Fourth	St.
Sunday in Advent.	Thomas, transferred to Monday.
St.	First
Stephen, St. John Evangelist, Innocents' Day, Circumcision.	Sunday after Christmas.
Epiphany.	Second
	Sunday after Christmas.
*Conversion	Third
of St. Paul.	Sunday after Epiphany.
*Purification	Fourth
of St. Mary the Virgin.	Sunday after Epiphany, Septuagesima, Sexagesima, Quinquagesima.
Septuagesima	Conversion
or Sexagesima.	of St. Paul, transferred to Monday.
Sexagesima,	St.
Quinquagesima, Ash Wednesday, Sundays in Lent.	Matthias, transferred to the next day.
Third,	Annunciation
Fourth, or Fifth Sunday in Lent.	of the Blessed Virgin, transferred to Monday.
Palm	Annunciation,
Sunday to Low Sunday	St. Mark, St. Philip and St. James, transferred to Tuesday after
	Low Sunday.
*St.	Second;
Mark, St. Philip and St. James.	Third, Fourth, or Fifth Sunday after Easter.
Ascension	St.
Day.	Philip and St. James. transferred to Friday.
Whitsunday	St.
to Trinity Sunday.	Barnabas, transferred to Tuesday after Trinity Sunday.
*St.	Sundays
Barnabas and all other Holy-days till All Saints' Day inclusive.	after Trinity.

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