Read Like a Lutheran!
Read the Book of Concord for Lent
A Forty-Day Reading Plan for 2020
Have you always given something up for Lent? Consider giving up your time every day to dig into the Lutheran Confessions!
*Page numbers, given in parenthesis, reference Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions, second edition, published by Concordia Publishing House.
The Week of Ash Wednesday (2/26/2020)
Ash Wednesday: The Three Ecumenical Creeds (16-18); Luther’s Small Catechism (313-348)
Thursday: Luther’s Large Catechism: Preface-Part I, para. 77 (351-367)
Friday: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part I, para. 77-178 (367-378)
Saturday: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part I, para. 179-291 (379-392)
The Week of the First Sunday In Lent (3/1/2020)
Monday: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part I, para. 292-Part II, para. 70 (392-408)
Tuesday: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part III, para. 1-84 (408-418)
Wednesday: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part III, para. 85-Part IV, para. 86 (419-431)
Thursday: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part V (431-440); Brief Exhortation to Confession (649-653)
Friday: Augsburg Confession Preface-XX (27-44)
Saturday: Augsburg Confession XXI-XXVI (44-55)
The Week of the Second Sunday In Lent (3/8/2020)
Monday: Augsburg Confession XXVII-Conclusion (53-63); Apology, Greeting to Reader (73-74)
Tuesday: Apology I-IV (74-102)
Wednesday: Apology V, para. 1-122 (102-118)
Thursday: Apology V, para. 123-212 (118-133)
Friday: Apology V, para. 213-279 (133-143)
Saturday: Apology VII-XI (143-157)
The Week of the Third Sunday In Lent (3/15/2020)
Monday: Apology XIIa (158-171)
Tuesday: Apology XIIb (171-184)
Wednesday: Apology XIII-XX (184-201)
Thursday: Apology XXI-XXII (202-210)
Friday: Apology XXIII (210-218)
Saturday: Apology XXIV (220-236)
The Week of the Fourth Sunday In Lent (3/22/2020)
Monday: Apology XXVII-XXVIII (237-251)
Tuesday: Smalcald Articles: Preface-Part III, Art. II (259-272)
Wednesday: Smalcald Articles: Part III, Art. III-XV (272-285)
Thursday: Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope (294-306)
Friday: Preface to the Christian Book of Concord (3-12); Formula: Epitome Summary-I (473-477)
Saturday: Formula of Concord: Epitome II-VII (477-491)
The Week of the Fifth Sunday In Lent (3/29/2020)
Monday: Formula of Concord: Epitome VIII-XII (491-502)
Tuesday: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration Introduction-Summary, Rule, and Norm (505-511)
Wednesday: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration I (511-519)
Thursday: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration II, para. 1-56 (520-530)
Friday: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration II, para. 57-III, para. 25 (530-540)
Saturday: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration III, para. 26-IV, para. 40 (540-552)
HOLY WEEK (4/5/2020)
Monday: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration V-VI (552-561)
Tuesday: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration VII, para. 1-62 (561-573)
Wednesday: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration VII, para. 63-128 (573-581)
Maundy Thursday: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration VIII (581-596)
Good Friday: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration IX-XI, para. 47 (596-609)
Holy Saturday: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration XI, para. 48-XII, Conclusion (609-619)
