So it's prioritizing a broad survey incl a bit of apocrypha, with ensuring the epistles & gospels are fully read each year, + a 2ndary priority of themed readings around certain seasons/feasts (what makes for some skipping around some weeks). And trying to do that all in bite-sized pieces is a lot
I like simplicity and completeness. If a book is read one chapter at a time, two chapters an office, twice daily, the entire Bible would be read in 294 days and the psalms prayed monthly. Of course, having the readings split OT/NT complicates things greatly. The Sunday lectionary is for curating.
nothing stopping individuals from doing it like that! Similar vein to that great Daily Office Readings of the Church Fathers from long ago. I can see the choice theyre making tho, bearing in mind the communal prayer of it and the monastic traditions of it.
When in the world did someone think four chapters of Isaiah in a sitting was a good idea? And you're still not getting the entire Bible? My laser eyes Cranmer image is in production, thanks to hearing this.
Yo, it's ok my man. This is all adiaphora. First, I meant Ezekiel not Isaiah, typo. The 4 chapters was because I expanded my reading, per the rubrics, and as part of my personal goal to read more this year. But over the 2 year cycle you get 50% of the OT and I think 98% of the NT (per Olson's book)
Haha! I'm pretty sure that's Greek for I should go nuts, just going by memory. Four chapters of Ezekiel is even rougher! I assumed that this was one of our published lectionaries, but since it is CYOA, I'll accept the OK.
Which for most people is extremely great reading! This is a good thing as far as community-wide suggestions go! And also remembering that the rubrics let you expand or do the readings differently! D.O. has long been a Choose-your-own-adventure kinda book
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