Imitation of Christ as a homepage devotional
I have a few "Imitation of Christ" books on my shelf, and some have particular dates that correspond to the Catholic calendar. Since the book is already within the LDLS, it would be great if it could be upgraded to reflect as a devotional on the homepage.
For instance, it lists in the "Table of Chapters" from pages 534 under the title "Methodical and Explanatory Table of the Chapters of 'The Following of Christ' arranged for every day in the year, in the order best calculated to lead to perfection." it starts off on page 535 for January 1 with "Book I. Chap. 21--Compunction of heart" and Jan. 2 with "Book II. Chap. 3 Joy of a good conscience." This goes all the way to page 563 with explanations and dates for reading particular sections.
Kempis, Thomas. "The Following of Christ." Catholic Book Publishing Co. 1941-51. Nihil Obstat Author J. Scanlan, S.T.D. Censor Librorum. Imprimatur Francis J. Spellman, Archiepiscopus Neo Eboracensis.
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GREAT idea!
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I suppose I'd have to create my own reading plan based on the above book. But I am afraid that if someone starts the reading plan from the beginning of Jan 1 on say today's date, that what they would get is not in keeping with the suggested Catholic calendar. I only use a yearly reading plan, but don't know much about how to go about it.
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It may fit into the same model as some of the historical lectionaries. The first issue would be to determine if the reading plan itself is still under copright. If it isn't copy the plan into a spread sheet and I'll check to see if it would fit into that model.
There are monastic reading lectionaries based on non-biblical texts so I'm honestly not stretching the definition.[:)]
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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St. Columcille said:
I have a few "Imitation of Christ" books on my shelf, and some have particular dates that correspond to the Catholic calendar. Since the book is already within the LDLS, it would be great if it could be upgraded to reflect as a devotional on the homepage.
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MJ. Smith said:It may fit into the same model as some of the historical lectionaries. The first issue would be to determine if the reading plan itself is still under copright. If it isn't copy the plan into a spread sheet and I'll check to see if it would fit into that model.
There are monastic reading lectionaries based on non-biblical texts so I'm honestly not stretching the definition. [:)]
Was the last sentence meant just as general information, or as an indication that you're working on getting us such lectionaries? It would be nice if the 'patristic' part of an Office of Readings lectionary could be available for the Home Page.
Mac Pro (late 2013) OS 12.6.2
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fgh said:
Was the last sentence meant just as general information, or as an indication that you're working on getting us such lectionaries?
General information except that I provided a Lenten Orthodox reading plan to Logos as an illustration that non-Biblical books fit into the lectionary format.
fgh said:It would be nice if the 'patristic' part of an Office of Readings lectionary could be available for the Home Page.
It would be very nice. All I have done on the Office of Readings so far is the 2 year cycle of Scriptural readings. Here in the US, the prayer books are published with only a single year reading cycle so one has to know precisely where to find the 2nd year. This solves my problem of remembering where it is.[;)]
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ. Smith said:
All I have done on the Office of Readings so far is the 2 year cycle of Scriptural readings.
I do have the Swedish Readings for the Office of Readings (they're printed as a separate series of books, not in the actual Office itself), but I have to admit I've never gotten down to actually using them. [:$] Seems to be only a one year cycle, though. Unless they've changed. I've got the 1996 edition, which was probably the first ever in Swedish, but I have a faint memory about an update of some kind.
Logos ought to pay you for all your work. If they ever do get a big Catholic userbase, it will be largely thanks to your efforts
Mac Pro (late 2013) OS 12.6.2
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fgh said:
Seems to be only a one year cycle, though. Unless they've changed.
Promise not to laugh? The 2 year plan is the original; cutting it to 1 year was based on the cost of printing ... or a least that is what one article claimed.
fgh said:Logos ought to pay you for all your work. If they ever do get a big Catholic userbase, it will be largely thanks to your efforts
Bob P. may decide he doesn't want the Catholic userbase - we're clearly troublemakers. [:P]
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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I doubt that you are troublemakers. Logos has the potential to be a great ecumenical outlet, with allowing the users to do their own research and make up their own minds. To start and limit and cut off the Catholic userbase would be somewhat contrary to John Milton's advice in his tract titled "Aeropagetica." The more a Christian has in his resource, the greater the potential to appeal to their own way of thinking to others who think differently. Since there is a great amount of Christian history prior to the Reformation, it would be a shame to make every prism go through a Protestant reexamination. Give me the raw, give me something more primary rather than second hand resources.
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