The Prayer Book Explained

by Percival Jackson

CHAPTER VI. PRAISE II.

The Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
A. The Study of the Bible a help to worship:
The Old Testament—1. Its agreement with the New . . . 48
2. Its teachings . . . . . . . . . —
3. Its 3 parts—(a) The Law,
(b) The Psalms, (c) The
Prophets . . . . . . . . . . . —
The New Testament—4. Its 3 parts—(a) The History,
(b) The Epistles, (c) The
Revelation . . . . . . . . . . 49
The Apocrypha— 5. Its place in the Prayer Book . . 51
B. Lessons and Lectionaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . —
Jewish Lectionaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Early Christian Lectionaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Our own Lectionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
The Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Appendix B. Justin Martyr's description of Holy
Baptism and Holy Communion . . . . . . . . 58