Chapter 7

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