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Liturgy of the Hours / Divine Office / Breviary Originally the practice of monks, it was also used by the canons of cathedrals and other great churches. The Roman Breviary, perhaps as old or even older than the Benedictine, was originally the Office of the canons of St. Peters and the other Roman Basilicas.
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I. DEFINITION; II. CONTENTS; III. THE HOURS; IV. COMPONENT PARTS OF THE OFFICE; V. HISTORY OF THE BREVIARY; This word breviary (Latin Breviarium), signifies in its primary acceptation an abridgment, or a compendium.
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Unofficial home page of the new Anglican Breviary ¶ Common Worship: Daily Prayer — the new Anglican Breviary...
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Contains the complete text of Morning, Evening and Night Prayer (Lauds, Vespers and Compline) as found in Christian Prayer: the Liturgy of the Hours of the Catholic Church, for every day of the year in a This website offers daily Liturgy of the Hours Night Prayer in various languages.
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Keywords: 1300s, Breviary, decoration, France, formal, gothic, initials, script...
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"In liturgical language Breviary has a special meaning, indicating a book furnishing the regulations for the celebration of Mass... "The prayer of the Breviary...
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A breviary (from Latin brevis, 'short' or 'concise') is a liturgical book containing the public or canonical prayers, hymns, the Psalms, readings, and notations for everyday use, especially for priests, in the Divine Office (i Mary Stuart's personal breviary, which she took with her to the scaffold,
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personal breviary, which she took with her to the scaffold, is preserved in the Russian National Library of St. Petersburg .]]Before the rise of the Mendicant Order s (wandering Friar s) in the thirteenth century, The Anglican Breviary : The Divine Office, in Jacobean English,
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