When was the Lectionary made?

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I’m reading the famous The Lamb’s Supper by Scott Hahn. On page 48, he said regarding how many early Christians could not read: “So where did Christians receive the Gospel? In the Mass–and then, as now, they got the full Gospel. The readings you hear at Mass are preprogrammed for a three-year cycle in a book called the lectionary.” A page earlier, he stated that “Catholics who attend Mass daily hear almost the entire Bible read to them in the course of three years…”

When was the first lectionary? Was it the one referenced here?

And what parts of the Bible are not part of the 3-year cycle?
 
Here’s what happens. The priests have a little book called an ordo that says what readings are meant to be read at a certain time. It is true that they are broken up into three years, A, B, and C. However, on Sunday, readings that go with that feast/solemnity are read. During the week, readings about/from whatever day it is are read.
 
I have a feeling that there is a deeper history. I attended a Lutheran baptism for my friend’s baby. I was amazed to find that their liturgy had the same readings on the same Sunday as the Catholics. I found that rather odd.
 
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I have a feeling that there is a deeper history. I attended a Lutheran baptism for my friend’s baby. I was amazed to find that their liturgy had the same readings on the same Sunday as the Catholics. I found that rather odd.
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Yes, some of the more liturgical churches do copy the Catholic lectionary directly. For one thing, you can buy it off the shelf - makes things easier! And for another, the order and combination of readings really are well through out. And when the lectionary went from a 1-year cycle to a 3-year cycle in the 70s, these other churches followed along and adopted the Catholic 3-year cycle as well.
 
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