Read Like a Lutheran! Read the Book of Concord for Lent A Forty-Day Reading Plan for 2021 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 parentheses, reference Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions, second edition, published by Concordia Publishing House.
February 17: The Three Ecumenical Creeds (16–18); Luther’s Small Catechism (313–348)
February 18: Luther’s Large Catechism: Preface–Part I, para. 77 (351–367)
February 19: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part I, para. 78–178 (367–378)
February 20: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part I, para. 179–291 (379–392)
February 22: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part I, para. 292–Part II, para. 70 (392–408)
February 23: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part III, para. 1–84 (408–418)
February 24: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part III, para. 85–Part IV, para. 86 (419–431)
February 25: Luther’s Large Catechism: Part V (431–440); Brief Exhortation to Confession (649–653)
February 26: Augsburg Confession Preface–XX (27–44)
February 27: Augsburg Confession XXI–XXVI (44–53)
March 1: Augsburg Confession XXVII–Conclusion (53–63); Apology, Greeting to Reader (73–74)
March 2: Apology I–IV (74–102)
March 3: Apology V, para. 1–122 (102–118)
March 4: Apology V, para. 123–212 (118–133)
March 5: Apology V, para. 213–279 (133–143)
March 6: Apology VII–XI (143–157)
March 8: Apology XIIa (158–171)
March 9: Apology XIIb (171–184)
March 10: Apology XIII–XX (184–201)
March 11: Apology XXI–XXII (202–210) March 12: Apology XXIII (210–218)
March 13: Apology XXIV (220–236)
March 15: Apology XXVII–XXVIII (237–251)
March 16: Smalcald Articles: Preface–Part III, Art. II (259–272)
March 17: Smalcald Articles: Part III, Art. III–XV (272–285)
March 18: Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope (294–306)
March 19: Preface to the Christian Book of Concord (3–12); Formula: Epitome Summary–I (473–477)
March 20: Formula of Concord: Epitome II–VII (477–491)
March 22: Formula of Concord: Epitome VIII–XII (491–502)
March 23: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration Introduction–Summary, Rule, and Norm (505–511)
March 24: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration I (511–519)
March 25: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration II, para. 1–56 (520–530)
March 26: Formurla of Concord: Solid Declaration II, para. 57–III, para. 25 (530–540)
March 27: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration III, para. 26–IV, para. 40 (540–552)
March 29: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration V–VI (552–561)
March 30: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration VII, para. 1–62 (561–573)
March 31: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration VII, para. 63–128 (573–581)
April 1: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration VIII (581–596)
April 2: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration IX–XI, para. 47 (596–609)
April 3: Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration XI, para. 48–XII, Conclusion (609–619)