So I have my revised common lectionary open, and I also opened up my lectionary commentary which was designed for the revised lectionary, however I cannot get the two of them to link together. Is there some way of doing this?
No, there is unfortunately no way to link them, because they do not share any common Index:
That seems an unfortunate design flaw.
What you could do is prioritize the Lectionary Commentary ahead of any of your Bibles (EDIT: and set its Advanced Prioritization limits so that it applies to RCL only). Then when you click on a Scripture reference in the RCL, if there is any commentary section on that scripture in the LC, it will open to that.
I wouldn't want to do that, because back when I started with Logos 4 I prioritized a commentary higher than any bible. This meant that the lectionary displayed the commentary text instead of scripture....
Hopefully this will not be seen as Hijacking
The revised common lectionary is fairly limited in that it list the readings for the day and that’s it
But I have been examining the Catholic Lectionary
Looking at January 17, 2013 I get:
From Thursday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time
Or from the Proper of Saints
Or from the Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious.
What gets read or is it just pick one set?
Good point!
Ignore my suggestion, please, Blair.
Blair Laird “” revised common lectionary open, and I also opened up my lectionary commentary which was designed for the revised lectionary, however I cannot get the two of them to link together””
Rosie Perera “”EDIT: and set its Advanced Prioritization limits so that it applies to RCL only)””
Kenneth McGuire “”This meant that the lectionary displayed the commentary text instead of scripture””
Dave: I think that is what he (Blair) wants in this case
OK two answers at the same time - Experiment: try it and see if it works and let us know either way
Looking at January 17, 2013 I get: From Thursday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time Or from the Proper of Saints Or from the Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious. What gets read or is it just pick one set?
These are all legitimate options that a priest can choose for the readings at Mass for that day. For most memorials, the readings may be taken from the weekday in the Proper of Seasons, from particular readings given for the memorial in the Proper of Saints, or from the options given in the appropriate common(s). Nonetheless, the "General Introduction to the Lectionary" (paragraphs 82 and 83) seems to indicate that the first option is preferred in most cases, so we've listed them in this order. (Also, I didn't want to fill up every memorial with the multitudinous options from the commons, which are probably less likely to be used, so links are just given to these.)
Blair Laird “” revised common lectionary open, and I also opened up my lectionary commentary which was designed for the revised lectionary, however I cannot get the two of them to link together”” Rosie Perera “”EDIT: and set its Advanced Prioritization limits so that it applies to RCL only)”” Kenneth McGuire “”This meant that the lectionary displayed the commentary text instead of scripture”” Dave: I think that is what he (Blair) wants in this case
I think he wanted them to scroll side-by-side (which isn't possible), but probably didn't want to give up the possibility of jumping directly to the Bible text by clicking on the link in the lectionary. And I didn't think long enough to realize that would be lost when I made my suggestion.
Probably best to just have the lectionary and the lectionary commentary both open side by side and scroll them together manually.
There has been some noise out of Bellingham indicating that they might be thinking of a lliturgical date data type. We'll need to wait and see. With the differences in nomenclature it's not as simple as is sounds. In fact, I bet I can put a hole in just about any scheme - I just love being the problem finder.
What gets read or is it just pick one set? These are all legitimate options that a priest can choose for the readings at Mass for that day.
These are all legitimate options that a priest can choose for the readings at Mass for that day.
That's what I thought; thanks for the conformation. Have, sometimes, expanded them all.
The ''MYTH'' about the "Lectionary" is that it ''standardizes'' the readings for the day.
[[don't ''fill up every (...)'', we can look them up]]
Blair: Are you referring to The Lectionary Commentary (3 vols.) edited by Roger E. Van Harn?
This commentary is organized by Bible passage rather than by the Sundays of the Revised Common Lectionary, so, it actually just works a lot like any other commentary series, with the commentary for each of the three different readings for a Sunday placed in three different locations (commentary on the 1st readings are in volume 1, 2nd readings in volume 2, Gospels in volume 3). Consequently, you have to pick which reading to look up in the commentary rather than scrolling them side-by-side. (This would be so, even if we solved the problem that Rosie and MJ are discussing.)
If you just want to read the lectionary and the commentary side-by-side, I would just recommend opening the lectionary and one of the commentary volumes up and setting the "Send hyperlinks here" option in the panel menu on the commentary. This way, whenever you click a link for one of the readings in the lectionary, the commentary will open to the appropriate location for that reading. I've done this in the screen shot below (note the target symbol on the commentary).
If you want to get fancier and use the commentary together with other Bibles, commentaries or passage tools, you can open these up and set them all to the same link set. This way, when you click a link in the lectionary all your Bibles, commentary and passage tools will automatically be advanced to the proper location. In the screen shot below, I've set up the commentary, Bible Explore, Text Comparison and a couple of Bibles to scroll together in link set A.
Hi Louis,
Is there a way of linking the Revised Common Lectionary and Preaching from the Lectionary: An Exegetical Commentary? Using the steps you list here don't work because the commentary isn't based on pericopes but on liturgical dates?
Peace & Blessings,
Colin+
Hi Louis, Is there a way of linking the Revised Common Lectionary and Preaching from the Lectionary: An Exegetical Commentary? Using the steps you list here don't work because the commentary isn't based on pericopes but on liturgical dates? Peace & Blessings, Colin+
Unfortunately, there's not currently a straightforward to do this because we haven't yet created data types for liturgical calendars. This is essentially the limitation that Rosie mentioned.
Since we're starting to acquire more resources that are organized in this way, I'm hoping to make this a priority soon and have at least some part of a solution in the next few months. (There are a number of unknowns and factors out of my immediate control, however, so I can't yet make a firm promise.)
Thanks Louis.
Thanks Louis, that is a good way of reading the two side by side. The nice thing is even though there are 3 volumes of the commentary, it switches volumes automatically as needed.
That seems an unfortunate design flaw. There has been some noise out of Bellingham indicating that they might be thinking of a lliturgical date data type. We'll need to wait and see. With the differences in nomenclature it's not as simple as is sounds. In fact, I bet I can put a hole in just about any scheme - I just love being the problem finder.
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