{"id":50581,"date":"2020-01-09T11:11:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T17:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=50581"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:05:28","slug":"church-in-india-publishes-new-esv-lectionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/09\/church-in-india-publishes-new-esv-lectionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Church in India publishes New ESV Lectionary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India\u2019s Roman Rite Catholic Bishop\u2019s Conference has published a new Lectionary for use in English-language Masses in India using the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esv.org\/\">English Standard Version<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The following details are available on their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/ConferenceofCatholicBishopsofIndiaCCBI\/posts\/\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New English Lectionary will be released on Sunday 16 February 2020 and it will come into effect from Palm Sunday, 5 April 2020 onwards. The old Lectionaries should be replaced with the new Lectionary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The English Standard Version Catholic Edition (ESVCE) has been used throughout in the new Lectionary. The ESVCE is considered one of the most accurate translations of the Holy Bible in English to the original manuscripts. The Lectionary has been prepared in accordance with the\u00a0<em>Ordo Lectionum Missae, Editio Typica Altera<\/em>\u00a0and according to the Indian Liturgical Calendar, incorporating special readings for Solemnities, Feasts and Memorials of the Indian Saints and votive Masses for our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three volume English Lectionary will be published by the CCBI while the printing and circulation is outsourced to ATC. The Lectionary cost is Rs. 7500\/- the prepublication offer is Rs.5000. Postage will be Rs 500\/- extra. The prepublication offer of the Lectionary will be available till 31 December, 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Book of Gospels will be published along with the Lectionary. The Book of Gospels is also essential for all parishes and provincial house chapels for solemn liturgical celebrations and needs to be carried reverently in the entrance processions so that it may be seen by the faithful participating in the liturgical celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cost of the Book of Gospels is Rs. 2000\/- and the prepublication offer is Rs.1700\/- The prepublication offer will be available till 31 December, 2019. Postage will be Rs.100\/- extra. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These Liturgical Books are mandatory wherever the Liturgy in English is celebrated.For copies of Lectionary and Book of Gospels contact: Email: info@atcpublishers.com; Mobile: +91-9886730224<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rev. Dr. Stephen Alathara<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputy Secretary General<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conference of Catholic Bishops of India<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like their Catholic edition of the ESV, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atcbooks.in\/product\/lectionary-3-volumes\/\">Lectionary<\/a>&nbsp;is published by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/34.93.241.77\/\">Asian Trading Corporation<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;Bangalore. The 3 volume set costs Rs. 7500\/- (approximately $105). They are also publishing a matching edition of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atcbooks.in\/product\/the-book-of-gospels\/\">Book of Gospels<\/a>, which will cost Rs. 2000\/ (approximately $28). Judging by the picture of its cover, the Book of Gospels seems to be based on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/e.paulinesafrica.org\/index.php\/book\/bookDetails\/1051\">Gospel Book<\/a>&nbsp;for Kenya prepared by Ignatius Press.&nbsp;&nbsp;Some more details on the new editions can be found in the latest ATC&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atcpublishers.com\/storage\/files\/pdf_files\/ATC%20News%20October-December%202019.pdf\">Catalogue<\/a>. Here it tells us that \u201cPsalms from Abbey Psalms and Canticles,\u201d which I am presuming means that they will be the Revised Grail translation as it will shortly be&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/store.usccb.org\/abbey-psalms-p\/7-644.htm\">published<\/a>&nbsp;by the USCCB. The Lectionary measures 190mm x 275mm (approximately 7.5\u201d x 11\u201d), which seems a little small to me for a full sized liturgical edition. The Book of Gospels is slightly bigger (230mm x 350mm), although I think the publisher\u2019s claim that this constitutes an \u201cimpressive size\u201d is a little exaggerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I personally am not a fan of the ESV, but not being fully aware of the liturgical situation in India, I doubt that my opinion counts for much. As with the way some gravitate toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodclub.co.uk\/\">casinos not on gamstop UK<\/a> in search of different experiences, the shift from one Bible translation to another often comes down to personal or institutional preference. I believe that this Lectionary will replace the current RSV edition that they had been using for their English-language liturgies. This was the third edition of that Lectionary published by the Catholic Press in Ranchi, which is copyrighted for 1970, 1997, 2009. I think that they may also have been using a Jerusalem Bible Lectionary. I suppose, on one level, it might make sense to go with the ESV as it is basically a revision of the RSV. Although it is also slightly ironic to note that the same ATS catalogue that advertises the new ESV Lectionary is still promoting an edition of the RSV that they describe as being the \u201conly major modern translation of the Catholic Bible available in standard English.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s Roman Rite Catholic Bishop\u2019s Conference has published a new Lectionary for use in English-language Masses in India using the&nbsp;English Standard Version.&nbsp;&nbsp;The following details are available on their&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;page: The New English Lectionary will be released on Sunday 16 February 2020 and it will come into effect from Palm Sunday, 5 April 2020 onwards. 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He has studied at Seton Hall University (BA, MDiv), the University of Notre Dame (MA), and St Vladimir\u2019s Orthodox Theological Seminary (MTh). He holds a Doctorate in Theology (Ph.D.) from St Patrick\u2019s College, Maynooth and is in the process of completing a second doctorate (D.D) in the Pontifical Facultad de Teolog\u00eda Redemptoris Mater in Callao, Peru. Neil has published a translation of the Confessio of St. Patrick: St. Patrick: His Confession and Other Works (Totowa, NJ, 2009), as well editing the third edition of Fredrick Edward Warren\u2019s The Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church (Piscataway, NJ, 2010). In 2011 the University of Notre Dame Press published The Eucharist in Pre-Norman Ireland an adaptation of his doctoral thesis and in 2017 the Alcuin Club published his Liturgical Orientation: The Position of the President at the Eucharist. His articles have appeared in The Irish Theological Quarterly, New Blackfriars, The Furrow and Antiphon. He writes a monthly article on some aspect of the theology of Pope Francis in the Messenger of St. Anthony and blogs regularly at PrayTell.","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/author\/nxodonoghue\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Indian-Lectionary.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50581"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67652,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50581\/revisions\/67652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}