Seasons
What is the longest season of the church
Pentecost (Ordinary Time)
What is the title of the book that contains all Episcopal worship services?
Book of Common Prayer
Names for the 2 parts of the Bible?
Old Testament/New Testament
First Testament/Second Testament
Hebrew Scriptures
White (albs)
When does Lent begin?
Ash Wednesday
Advent
What year is the Prayer Book that we use?
1979
Name for the first 5 books of the Old Testament
Torah, Books of Moses, Pentetuch
The only time pink is used in church
3rd Sunday of Advent
What day of the week is not part of the Lenten fast?
Sunday
Which season is tied to a lunar calendar and falls AFTER a full moon?
Easter
What are 2 of the three roles assigned to a deacon in liturgy?
Proclaiming the Gospel
Setting the table (altar) for Communion
Giving the dismissal into the world
What is an Epistle (found in the New Testament)
A letter
Epiphany-Pentecost (ordinary time)
Advent & Lent (purple)
Three disciplines especially encouraged in Lent
Prayer, fasting, alms giving, study
Which 3 seasons are a fixed length of time
Advent, Lent, Easter
Who decides which Eucharistic prayer to be used?
Typically the priest, no set rule to use any prayer for any season
Genesis- Revelation
End of Pentecost (green-white-purple)
Lent-Easter (purple-red-white)
What are the three Holy Days of the Easter Triduum?
Which 2 seasons are linked so that if one is longer, the other is shorter, or vice versa?
Epiphany & Pentecost
What season is the confession and Agnes Dei usually omitted?
Easter
Type of writing (genre) whose purpose is to promote faith. Hint, there are 4 found in the New Testament
Gospel
Name 2 days when RED is the assigned color
Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday
Pentecost
3 distinct parts of an Easter Vigil
Lighting the new fire
Baptism
Holy Communion/Eucharist