Religious calendars
Here are entered texts and comparative studies of calendars of ritual observances for particular days. Works on the Christian liturgical calendar are entered under Church calendar. Works on the ritual calendars of other religions are entered here with the subdivision for the name of the religion, e.g. Religious calendars -- Greek religion. Works on the Islamic Jewish, etc. calendar from the viewpoint of chronological reckoning are entered under Islamic [Jewish, etc. calendar]
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Broader terms:Narrower term:Used for:- Calendar, Religious
- Calendars, Religious
- Church calendar -- Comparative studies
- Ritual calendars
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Kalendaria Ecclesiae Universae (6 volumes, in Latin; Rome: F. Amidei, 1755), by Giuseppe Simone Assemani (page images at HathiTrust)- Bedae Opera de Temporibus (in Latin with English commentary; Cambridge, MA: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1943), by the Venerable Bede, ed. by Charles Williams Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
- Annus Ecclesiasticus Graeco-Slavicus, Editus Anno Millenario Sanctorum Cyrilli et Methodii, Slavice Geatis Apostolorum (in Latin; Brussels: Typ. Henrici Goemaere, 1863), by I. Martynov
- Our Children's Year of Grace (fifth edition, 1955), by Therese Mueller (HTML at EWTN)
- Annus Ecclesiasticus Graeco-Slavicus, Editus Anno Millenario Sanctorum Cyrilli et Methodii, Slavice Geatis Apostolorum (in Latin; Brussels: Typ. Henrici Goemaere, 1863), by I. Martynov
- The Hidden Side of Christian Festivals (Los Angeles et al.: St. Alban Press, 1920), by C. W. Leadbeater
- The Christian Year, by John Keble
- Resurgence (Boston: T. Todd Co., printers, c1914), by Seraph Maltbie Dean and Lee Parker Dean
- The Spirit of Christmas, by Henry Van Dyke (Gutenberg text)
- Conscience and Sin: Daily Meditations for Lent, Including Week-Days and Sundays (London: Skeffington and Son, 1890), by S. Baring-Gould (Gutenberg text)
- The Holy Week Book, Compiled by Authority From the Roman Missal and Breviary, As Reformed by Order of Pope Pius X (pointed edition, with Mass texts in Latin and English; London: Burns, Oates and Washbourne, ca. 1913), by Catholic Church, contrib. by Adrian Fortescue
- When the Time Was Fulfilled: Christmas Meditations (Rifton, NY et al.: Plough Publishing House, c2011), by Eberhard Arnold, Christoph Blumhardt, and Alfred Delp (PDF at plough.com)
- The Prince of Peace: Meditations (London: Burns, Oates and Washbourne, c1915), by Alban Goodier (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Blessed Dead Waiting for Us: A Sermon Preached in St. James' Church, Marietta, Georgia, on the Festival of All Saints, November 1st, 1863, by Samuel Benedict (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Jul (2 volumes in Danish; Copenhagen: Det Schubotheske Forlag, 1904), by H. F. Feilberg
- Candles in the Roman Rite (third edition; Baltimore: A. Gross Candle Co., 1937), by Edwin Ryan, illust. by James R. Howard (page images at HathiTrust)
- True Christmas Spirit (c1955), by Edward J. Sutfin (HTML at EWTN)
- The Twelve Days of Christmas (c1955), by Elsa Chaney (HTML at EWTN)
- Our Christmas Symbols (Raleigh, NC: Graphic Press, c1953), by Aylene E. Cooke and Cameron Cooke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Story of Christmas: Sun, Saviour and Santa Claus (Atlanta: Oglethorpe University Press, 1941), by Thornwell Jacobs (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Christmas Book: Origin of the Christmas Tree, the Mistletoe, the Yule Log and St. Nicholas (Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, 1898), by Carla Wenckebach (page images at HathiTrust)
- Christmas Entertainments (originally published in 1740 as "Round About Our Coal Fire"; reprinted London: Field and Tuer, et al., ca. 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan (London: T. F. Unwin, 1912), by Clement A. Miles (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Feast of St. Friend: A Christmas Book (New York: George H. Doran Co., 1911), by Arnold Bennett (Gutenberg text)
- Friendship and Happiness (Hodder and Stoughton edition; usually titled "The Feast of St. Friend"), by Arnold Bennett (HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
- The Lights of Beacon Hill: A Christmas Message (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1922), by Abbie Farwell Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Mystical Interpretation of Christmas, by Max Heindel (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Myths and Legends of Christmastide (San Francisco: Stanley-Taylor Co., 1901), by Bertha F. Herrick (Gutenberg text)
- Yule-Tide in Many Lands, by Mary Poague Pringle and Clara A. Urann, illust. by L. J. Bridgman (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Christmas Dispute Revived, in a Letter From Mr. William Smith, of Norwalk, Conncticut, to Elder Elias Lee, of Ballston, State of New-York, Now Published With a Reply by Mr. Lee (Ballston, NY: Printed by W. Child for E. Lee, 1800), by William Smith and Elias Lee (HTML at Evans TCP)
- A Little Book for Christmas (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917), by Cyrus Townsend Brady, illust. by Will Crawford (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- St. Nicholas: His Legend and His Rôle in the Christmas Celebration and Other Popular Customs (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917), by George Harley McKnight
- St. Paul and Protestantism, With Other Essays (popular edition; London: Smith, Elder, 1892), by Matthew Arnold (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Bibliographical Check-List of Christmas Books (Portland, ME: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1937), by Walter Klinefelter (page images at HathiTrust)
- Old Christmas, by Washington Irving (Gutenberg text)
- Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving (London: Macmillan and Co., 1888), by Washington Irving, illust. by Randolph Caldecott (page images at openlibrary.org)
- A Righte Merrie Christmasse!!! The Story of Christ-Tide (London: Leadenhall Press New York: C. Scribner's Sons, ca. 1894), by John Ashton, illust. by Arthur C. Behrend (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan (London: T. F. Unwin, 1912), by Clement A. Miles (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- When the Time Was Fulfilled: Christmas Meditations (Rifton, NY et al.: Plough Publishing House, c2011), by Eberhard Arnold, Christoph Blumhardt, and Alfred Delp (PDF at plough.com)
- A New Christmas Tract, or, the Right Way of Rejoicing at Christmas: Shewing the Reasons We Have for Joy at the Event of Our Saviour's Birth, In Which Also a Description is Given of the Dreadful State the World Was In Before His Coming, With Some Remarks Suited To the Times in Which We Live (anonymous, but attributed by some to Hannah More; London: Howard and Evans, ca. 1800), contrib. by Hannah More, illust. by John Lee (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Prince of Peace: Meditations (London: Burns, Oates and Washbourne, c1915), by Alban Goodier (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Frontier Holiday: Being a Collection of Writings by Minnesota Pioneers Who Recorded Their Divers Ways of Observing Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year's (St. Paul: North Central Pub. Co., 1948), ed. by Glenn Hanson (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)
- Beeton's Christmas Annual (partial serial archives)
- Jul (2 volumes in Danish; Copenhagen: Det Schubotheske Forlag, 1904), by H. F. Feilberg
- A Child's Christmas in Wales (c1950), by Dylan Thomas (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- World Famous Christmas Songs: Containing the Best and the Most Popular Songs of the Nativity, Specially Arranged for Popular Usage in Community Caroling, School, Chorus, Church and Home (New York: Robbins Music Corp., c1929), ed. by George Rittenhouse (multiple formats at Google)
- Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern (New York: A. Wessels Co., 1901), ed. by John Camden Hotten
- Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern (New York: A. Wessels Co., 1905), ed. by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
- Christmas Carols New and Old, ed. by Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer (page images at CCEL)
- The Cowley Carol Book, for Christmas, Easter, and Ascension-Tide (London and Oxford: A. R. Mowbray and Co., 1922), ed. by George Ratcliffe Woodward (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Eternal Epistle: Sermons on the Epistles for the Church Year (Columbus, OH: F. J. Heer Printing Co., 1908), by Simon Peter Long, contrib. by Florence May Welty
- The Pulpit Orator: Containing Seven Elaborate Skeleton Sermons, or, Homiletic, Dogmatical, Liturgical, Symbolical, and Moral Sketches for Every Sunday of the Year; Also Elaborate Sermon Skeletons for the Chief Festivals and Other Occasions (12th revised edition, 6 volumes; Ratisbon et al.: F. Pustet and Co., 1911), by John Evangelist Zollner, trans. by Augustine Wirth, contrib. by Andrew Arnold Lambing
- Volume I (First Sunday of Advent to Fifth Sunday after Epiphany): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II (Sixth Sunday after Epiphany to Eastern Sunday): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume III (Low Sunday to Fourth Sunday after Pentecost): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume IV (Fifth to Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume V (Fifteenth to Last Sunday after Pentecost): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VI (Chief festivals and other occasions): multiple formats at archive.org
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