The Divine Office: A Study of the Roman Breviary
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Chapters (87)(click to expand)
- A STUDY OF THE ROMAN BREVIARY
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- PART I.
- PART II.
- ART. I. RULES FOB PIOUS RECITATION OF HOURS.
- ART. II. THE MEANS TO ADOPT OF PIOUS RECITATION.
- ART. III. AIDS DURING THE RECITATION OF THE HOURS.
- ART. IV. AFTER SAYING THE OFFICE.
- PART III
- CHAPTER II.—LAUDS AND PRIME TITLES (XIV AND XV).
- CHAPTER III.—TERCE, SEXT, NONE (TITLE XVI).
- CHAPTER IV.—VESPERS AND COMPLINE PAGE (TITLE XVII-XVIII).
- PART IV.
- PART I.
- THE DIVINE OFFICE
- CHAPTER I.
- IDEA OF THE BREVIARY.
- CHAPTER II.
- SHORT HISTORY OF DIVINE PRAISE IN GENERAL AND OF THE BREVIARY IN PARTICULAR.
- CHAPTER III.
- EXCELLENCE OF THE ROMAN BREVIARY—THE ESTEEM WHICH WE SHOULD HAVE FOR THE BOOK ITSELF.
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE CONTENTS OF THE BREVIARY. SECTION I.
- SECTION II.
- THE YEAR AND ITS PARTS.
- EPACTS AND NEW MOONS.
- GENERAL RUBRICS OF THE BREVIARY.
- TITLE I. THE DOUBLE OFFICE.
- TITLE II.—THE OFFICE OF A SEMI-DOUBLE.
- TITLE III.—THE SIMPLE OFFICE.
- TITLE IV.—SUNDAY.
- TITLE V.—FERIAL OFFICE.
- TITLE VI.—THE OFFICE OF VIGILS.
- TITLE VII.-OCTAVES.
- TITLE VIII.—OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN FOR SATURDAY.
- TITLE IX,—COMMEMORATIONS.
- TITLE X.—THE TRANSLATION OF FEASTS.
- TITLE XL—CONCURRENCE.
- TITLE XII.—THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE OFFICE ACCORDING TO THE RUBRICS GIVEN ABOVE.
- PART II.
- CHAPTER I.
- THE ORDER TO BE OBSERVED IN RECITING THE DIVINE OFFICE.
- ARTICLE III.—TIME OF RECITATION.
- ARTICLE IV.-OF THE PLACE OF RECITATION AND THE ATTITUDE IN RECITING THE OFFICE.
- ARTICLE V.—PRONUNCIATION OF THE WORDS.
- ARTICLE VI.—INTENTION AND ATTENTION.
- ARTICLE VII.-CAUSES WHICH EXCUSE FROM READING THE OFFICE.
- ARTICLE VIII.—THE DIRECTION OF THE SCRUPULOUS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- ARTICLE II.—THE MEANS TO ADOPT FOR THE PIOUS RECITATION OF THE BREVIARY.
- B.—THE IMMEDIATE PREPARATION FOR THE RECITATION OF THE HOURS.
- AIDS DURING THE RECITATION.
- ARTICLE IV.—AFTER SAYING THE DIVINE OFFICE.
- PART III
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- SOME TEXTS AND INTENTIONS WHICH MAY HELP TOWARDS THE DEVOUT RECITATION OF LAUDS.
- PRIME (TITLE XV.).
- TEXTS AND INTENTIONS FOR PIOUS RECITATION OF PRIME.
- CHAPTER III.
- TEXTS AND INTENTIONS FOR PIOUS RECITATION OF TERCE.
- SEXT.
- TEXTS AND INTENTIONS FOR THE PIOUS RECITATION OF SEXT.
- NONE.
- TEXTS AND INTENTIONS TO AID THE PIOUS RECITATION OF NONE.
- CHAPTER IV.
- VESPERS AND COMPLINE.
- TEXTS AND INTENTIONS TO AID THE PIOUS RECITATION OF VESPERS.
- COMPLINE.
- TEXT AND INTENTIONS TO AID THE PIOUS RECITATION OF COMPLINE.
- THE LITTLE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN, (TITLE XXXVII.).
- PART IV.
- NOTES ON SOME FEASTS.
- CHAPTER I.
- PROPER OF THE TIME.
- SEPTUAGESIMA.
- LENT.
- EASTER AND PASCHAL TIME.
- THE ASCENSION.
- WHIT SUNDAY.
- TRINITY SUNDAY.
- THE PROPER OF THE SAINTS.
- ROGATION DAYS, EMBER DAYS AND LITANIES.
- NOTE A.
- NOTE B.
- NOTE C.
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