Two quick questions

[captainmike]

the readings from scripture during the mass are the same in the catholic church as in the episcopal church. who invented this, and when?

we are supposed to fast for an hour before mass. does that mean an hour before the mass begins, or an hour before taking communion?

 

[tee_eff_em]

we are supposed to fast for an hour before mass. does that mean an hour before the mass begins, or an hour before taking communion?

We are supposed to fast for at least one hour prior to receiving communion.

Can. 919 §1 Whoever is to receive the blessed Eucharist is to abstain for at least one hour before holy communion from all food and drink, with the sole exception of water and medicine.
§2 A priest who, on the same day, celebrates the blessed Eucharist twice or three times may consume something before the second or third celebration, even though there is not an hour’s interval.
§3 The elderly and those who are suffering from some illness, as well as those who care for them, may receive the blessed Eucharist even if within the preceding hour they have consumed something.

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[jmcrae]

the readings from scripture during the mass are the same in the catholic church as in the episcopal church. who invented this, and when?

The Revised Common Lectionary (Consultation on Common Texts) originated in the mid-1960s, probably as a Protestant response to Vatican II, in an attempt to standardize the Sunday readings across all Christian denominations.

At present, the Protestant denominations using the Revised Common Lectionary include the Anglican Church of Canada, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), The Christian Reformed Church of North America, the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada, the Free Methodist Church, The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, the Polish National Catholic Church, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Presbyterian Church in Canada, Reformed Church in America, Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship, the United Church of Canada, the United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church.

Most of the time, the readings are identical to the Catholic Sunday lectionary (Protestants don’t have a weekday lectionary - yet), other than on certain Catholic feast days, the week before Lent (Protestants celebrate the Transfiguration of Christ on the Sunday before Lent: we celebrate it on August 6th) and whenever Catholics are reading from the deuterocanon of the Old Testament.

 

[captainmike]

The Revised Common Lectionary (Consultation on Common Texts) originated in the mid-1960s, probably as a Protestant response to Vatican II, in an attempt to standardize the Sunday readings across all Christian denominations.

Was the Catholic lectionary the result of Vatican II? What is the Catholic lectionary called? Thanks.

 

[Pug]

Around Vat2 time, the Catholic Church composed a lectionary. It was so good, some Protestant groups adopted it. Then, over time, the Protestant groups adapted it and changed it to be more suited to themselves. Thus, their lectionary and ours can overlap still at times. Only some Protestant groups use a lectionary. So this matching is only seen in some denominations.

There were lectionaries before, but this one was a three year cycle and more extensive.