Read Like a Lutheran!

Read the Book of Concord for Lent

A Forty-Day Reading Plan for 2022

Have you always given something up for Lent? Consider giving up your time every day (except Sunday) to dig into the Lutheran Confessions!

***Page numbers, given in parentheses, reference Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions, second edition, published by Concordia Publishing House.

• March 2: The Three Ecumenical Creeds (16-18); Luther’s Small Catechism (313-348)
• March 3: Luther’s Large Catechism: Preface—Part I, para. 77 (351-367)
• March 4: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part I, para. 78-178 (367-378)
• March 5: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part I, para. 179-291 (379-392)
• March 7: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part I, para. 292-Part II, para. 70 (392-408)
• March 8: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part III, para. 1-84 (408-418)
• March 9: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part III, para. 85-Part IV, para. 86 (419-431)
• March 10: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part V (431-440); Brief Exhortation to Confession (649-653)
• March 11: Augsburg Confession: Preface-XX (27-44)
• March 12: Augsburg Confession: XXI-XXVI (44-53)
• March 14: Augsburg Confession: XXVII-Conclusion (56-63); Apology: Greeting to Reader (73-74)
• March 15: Apology: I-IV (74-102)
• March 16: Apology: V, para. 1-122 (102-118)
• March 17: Apology: V, para. 123-212 (118-133)
• March 18: Apology: V, para. 213-279 (133-143)
• March 19: Apology: VII-XI (143-157)
• March 21: Apology: XIIa (158-171)
• March 22: Apology: XIIb (171-184)
• March 23: Apology: XIII-XX (184-201)
• March 24: Apology: XXI-XXII (202-210)
• March 25: Apology: XXIII (210-218)
• March 26: Apology: XXIV (220-236)
• March 28: Apology: XXVII-XXVIII (237-251)
• March 29: Smalcald Articles: Preface-Part III, Art. II (259-272)
• March 30: Smalcald Articles: Part III, Art. III-XV (272-285)
• March 31: Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope (294-306)
• April 1: Preface to the Christian Book of Concord (3-12); Formula: Epitome Summary-I (473-477)
• April 2: Formula of Concord: Epitome II-VII (477-491)
• April 4: Formula of Concord: Epitome VIII-XII (491-502)
• April 5: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration: Introduction-Summary, Rule, and Norm (505-511)
• April 6: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration: I (511-519)
• April 7: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration: II, para. 1-56 (520-530)
• April 8: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration: II, para. 57-III, para. 25 (530-540)
• April 9: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration: III, para. 26-IV, para. 40 (540-552)
• April 11: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration: V-VI (552-561)
• April 12: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration: VII, para. 1-62 (561-573)
• April 13: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration: VII, para. 63-128 (573-581)
• April 14: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration: VIII (581-596)
• April 15: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration: IX-XI, para. 47 (596-609)
• April 16: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration XI, para. 48-XII, Conclusion (609-619)