Evangeliary

Not to be confused with Gospel Book.

The Evangeliary or Book of the Gospels[1] is a liturgical book containing only those portions of the four gospels which are read during Mass or in other public offices of the Church.[2] The corresponding terms in Latin are Evangeliarium and Liber evangeliorum.[3][4]

The Evangeliary developed from marginal notes in manuscripts of the Gospels and from lists of gospel readings (capitularia evangeliorum). Generally included at the beginning or end of the book containing the whole gospels, these lists indicated the days on which the various extracts or pericopes were to be read. They developed into books in which they were accompanied by the texts to which they referred, with the passages arranged in accordance with the liturgical year rather than in their order within the gospels themselves, and omitting passages not used in the liturgy.[5]

  1. ^ "General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 44" (PDF). Catholic Bishops' Conference of England & Wales. Catholic Truth Society. Retrieved 2 February 2015. Among gestures included are also actions and processions: of the priest going with the deacon and ministers to the altar; of the deacon carrying the Evangeliary or Book of the Gospels to the ambo before the proclamation of the Gospel ...
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  3. ^ Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, 44
  4. ^ In German the terms are das Evangeliar and das Buch mit den Evangelien (Grundordnung des Römischen Messbuchs, 44 Archived 2015-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Palazzo,Eric, A History of Liturgical Books from the Beginning to the Thirteenth Century, 1998, Liturgical Press, ISBN 081466167X, 9780814661673, pp. 86–91, google books