Church Year

Question 1

Bishops began to write down acceptable worship orders and after several centuries of development, the liturgical … evolved.

Answer 1

year

Question 2

The western church year consists of:

1. …. (beginning 4 Sundays before Christmas)
2. Christmas *Dec. 25)
3. … (40 days before Easter)
4. Holy Week (Palm Sunday through Easter)
5. Easter (Christian Passover)
6. Pentecost (commemorates est. of Church)
7. … Time (emphasis on God’s purposes for the church)

Answer 2

Advent
Lent
Ordinary

Question 3

During each season and on each particular day of the church year, the scripture readings, the prayers, and the sermons match the theological emphasis of that season and day. The changeable parts of the liturgy are called the …; while the constant portion of the liturgy is called the …

Answer 3

Propers

Ordinary

Question 4

John Calvin attempted to return to the simple cultic practices of the early church. He ignored the church … except for the primary feast days and rejected the use of the lectionary reading and the prayers were allowed to be improvised in the ancient and NT practice.

Answer 4

calendar

Question 5

… usually make an intentional effort to have a more free style of worship that does not follow the church year. The church year is primarily taught for historical significance.

Answer 5

Pentecostals