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The Divine Office: A Study of the Roman Breviary

by Edward J. Quigley

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Part I — General Questions
  3. 3Chapter II — Short History of Divine Praise in General and of the B…
  4. 4Chapter III — Excellence of the Roman Breviary — The Esteem Which W…
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Contents of the Breviary
  6. 6Section II — The Year and Its Parts
  7. 7Epacts and New Moons
  8. 8General Rubrics of the Breviary
  9. 9Title I. the Double Office
  10. 10Title II — The Office of a Semi-Double
  11. 11Title III — The Simple Office
  12. 12Title IV — Sunday
  13. 13Title V — Ferial Office
  14. 14Title VI — The Office of Vigils
  15. 15Title Vii.-Octaves
  16. 16Title VIII — Office of the Blessed Virgin for Saturday
  17. 17Title IX — Commemorations
  18. 18Title X — The Translation of Feasts
  19. 19Title XL — Concurrence
  20. 20Title XII — The Arrangement of the Office According to the Rubrics…
  21. 21Part II — Rules From Moral and Ascetic Theology for the Recitation…
  22. 22Chapter I — Moral and Ascetic Theology
  23. 23The Order to Be Observed in Reciting the Divine Office
  24. 24Article III — Time of Recitation
  25. 25Article Iv.-of the Place of Recitation and the Attitude in Reciting…
  26. 26Article V — Pronunciation of the Words
  27. 27Article VI — Intention and Attention
  28. 28Article Vii.-Causes Which Excuse From Reading the Office
  29. 29Article VIII — The Direction of the Scrupulous
  30. 30Chapter IV — Some Rules of Ascetic Theology for the Pious Recitatio…
  31. 31Article II — The Means to Adopt for the Pious Recitation of the Bre…
  32. 32B — The Immediate Preparation for the Recitation of the Hours
  33. 33Aids During the Recitation
  34. 34Article IV — After Saying the Divine Office
  35. 35Part III — The Canonical Hours
  36. 36Chapter II — Lauds
  37. 37Some Texts and Intentions Which May Help Towards the Devout Recitat…
  38. 38Prime (Title XV.)
  39. 39Texts and Intentions for Pious Recitation of Prime
  40. 40Chapter III — Terce, Sext, None (Title XVI.)
  41. 41Texts and Intentions for Pious Recitation of Terce
  42. 42Sext
  43. 43Texts and Intentions for the Pious Recitation of Sext
  44. 44None
  45. 45Texts and Intentions to Aid the Pious Recitation of None
  46. 46Chapter IV — Vespers and Compline
  47. 47Texts and Intentions to Aid the Pious Recitation of Vespers
  48. 48Compline
  49. 49Text and Intentions to Aid the Pious Recitation of Compline
  50. 50The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin, (Title XXXVII.)
  51. 51Part IV — Notes on Some Feasts
  52. 52Septuagesima
  53. 53Note B
  54. 54Note C

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