Lent

Recognised Lenten observance

Record the community's identification of this season as Lent and the extent of the thing being described.

1. Which community identifies this observance as Lent, and what name does it use? definition
2. Does this description concern Lent generally, a particular year's communal observance, or someone's participation in it? boundary

Applicable Lenten authority

Record the sources that govern this observance and distinguish their authority from explanatory or personal material.

1. Which church calendar, directive, or community guidance establishes the dates and practices for this Lent? provenance
2. When general guidance and local instructions differ, which authority determines what applies here? action

Easter-anchored occurrence

Record the year, calendar convention, and Easter reference used to locate this observance.

1. Which Easter occurrence and calendar convention anchor this year's Lent for the identified community? provenance
2. What opening and closing dates does the applicable calendar assign to this occurrence? measurement

Lenten day membership

Record boundary inclusivity, day transitions, and any distinction between season length and days counted for a discipline.

1. At what local or liturgical boundary does Lent begin and end, and are the boundary days included in full? boundary
2. If this community describes Lent using a forty-day count, which days does that count include or exclude, and what does it measure? measurement

Stated Lenten emphases

Capture the community's account of preparation for Easter and any associated penitential, baptismal, or formative emphases.

1. How does this community describe the purpose of Lent in relation to Easter? definition
2. Which authoritative or community sources establish the particular spiritual emphases used in this observance? provenance

Lenten practice repertoire

Record applicable prayer, fasting, abstinence, charitable, communal, and personal practices, preserving distinctions between them.

1. Which practices does this community associate with Lent, and how does it distinguish fasting from abstinence or voluntary renunciation? definition
2. Which of these practices can the agent help plan or support in ways consistent with their stated Lenten purpose? action

Practice status and audience

Record whether a Lenten practice is required, recommended, customary, or voluntarily adopted and to whom it applies.

1. For each practice, what source establishes its status and the participants to whom it applies? provenance
2. On which Lenten days or circumstances does that status change? boundary

Appropriate participation

Record only the participant information needed to support applicable guidance, chosen commitments, and unresolved requests for adaptation.

1. What recognised exemption or adaptation applies, and does it require clarification from a designated authority? boundary
2. Which personal commitments has the participant chosen, and what help or reminders have they authorised? action

Phase-sensitive guidance

Record whether Lent is upcoming, active, or concluded and identify any subdivision that changes appropriate participation.

1. Given the current local date and governing calendar, what phase of this Lent is in effect? measurement
2. What preparation, practice, or reminder becomes appropriate at the next recognised transition? action

Adjacent observance handover

Record how this community relates Lent to Holy Week, any separately named concluding periods, and Easter.

1. Which portions of Holy Week or other concluding observances are inside, overlap with, or follow Lent in this tradition? boundary
2. At Lent's conclusion, which Lenten instructions cease and which subsequent observance should govern further guidance? action

Kinds and varieties

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Lent this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Identifiers and schemes

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Lent this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Standards and regulation

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Lent this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Lent this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Typical measurements

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Lent this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Failure modes and hazards

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Lent this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Regional variation

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Lent this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.

1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Lent this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance