Editing Ordinary Time (section)

== Revised Common Lectionary usage ==

Following the lead of the liturgical reforms of the Roman Rite, many [[Protestant]] churches also adopted the concept of an ''Ordinary Time'' alongside the [[Revised Common Lectionary]], which applies the term to the period between Pentecost and Advent. However, use of the term is not common.

Those that have adopted the Revised Common Lectionary include churches of the [[Anglican]], [[Methodist]], [[Lutheran]], [[Old Catholic]] and [[Reformed Church|Reformed]] traditions.<ref name="Holmes2012">{{cite book|last=Holmes|first=Stephen Mark|title=The Fathers on the Sunday Gospels|date=1 October 2012|publisher=Liturgical Press|language=en |isbn=9780814635100|page=22|quote=The ''Revised Common Lectionary'' has been subsequently adopted by many English-speaking Protestant denominations such as the Church of Scotland and various Lutheran and Reformed churches. It has also been adopted by some Old Catholic churches and is widely used throughout the Anglican Communion, for example by the Church of Ireland, the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Church in Wales, the Episcopal Church (US) and the Anglican churches of Canada, Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Polynesia, Melanesia, the West Indies, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. In the Church of England the two-year Sunday Lectionary of the ''Alternative Service Book 1980'' was replaced in 2000 by an adapted version of the ''Revised Common Lectionary'' in ''Common Worship''.}}</ref>

Some [[Protestant]] denominations set off a time at the end of Ordinary Time known as [[Kingdomtide]] or Season of End Times. This period can range anywhere from only the three Sundays prior to Christ the King (as in the Wisconsin Synod Lutheran) to 13 or 14 weeks (most notably in the [[United Methodist Church]]). The Church of England observes this time between All Saints and Advent Sunday.

In some traditions, what in the Roman Rite is the first period of Ordinary Time is called [[Epiphanytide]] (beginning on [[Epiphany Day]] in the Anglican Communion and Methodist churches)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/epiphany.shtml|title=Epiphany|date=7 October 2011|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|language=en|access-date=5 June 2016|quote=For many Protestant church traditions, the season of Epiphany extends from 6 January until Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent leading to Easter.}}</ref> and from Trinity Sunday to Advent is called Trinitytide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Trinitytide|title=Trinitytide|date=5 June 2016|publisher=[[Merriam-Webster]]|language=en|access-date=5 June 2016|quote=Definition of Trinitytide: the season of the church year between Trinity Sunday and Advent}}</ref> In the Church of England, Sundays during "Ordinary Time" in this narrower sense are called "Sundays after Trinity", except the final four, which are termed "Sundays before Advent". In the [[Episcopal Church (United States)]], it is normal to refer to Sundays after Epiphany and Sundays after Pentecost (not Trinity).

The total number of Sundays varies according to the date of Easter and can range anything from 18 to 23. When there are 23, the [[Collect]] and [[Post-Communion]] for the 22nd Sunday are taken from the provision for the Third Sunday before Lent.