THE DIVINE OFFICE A STUDY OF THE ROMAN BREVIARY BY REV. E.J. QUIGLEY
PREFACE
CONTENTS PART I. GENERAL QUESTIONS.
PART I. GENERAL QUESTIONS.
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. RULES FROM MORAL AND ASCETIC THEOLOGY FOR THE
CHAPTER I. MORAL AND ASCETIC THEOLOGY.
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. SOME RULES OF ASCETIC THEOLOGY FOR THE PIOUS RECITATION OF THE BREVIARY.
ARTICLE II. THE MEANS TO ADOPT FOR THE PIOUS RECITATION OF THE
B. THE IMMEDIATE PREPARATION FOR THE RECITATION OF THE HOURS.
AIDS DURING THE RECITATION.
ARTICLE IV. AFTER SAYING THE DIVINE OFFICE.
PART III THE CANONICAL HOURS.
CHAPTER I. MATINS.
CHAPTER II. LAUDS.
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. TERCE, SEXT, NONE (TITLE XVI.). TERCE.
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.
PART IV. NOTES ON SOME FEASTS.
CHAPTER I. PROPER OF THE TIME. ADVENT.
SEPTUAGESIMA.
NOTE B. PARTICULAR EXAMEN ON THE RECITATION OF THE DIVINE OFFICE.
NOTE C. BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Title: The Divine Office
Author: Rev. E. J. Quigley
Language: English
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