book of hours n. A book containing Christian prayers and other devotional texts arranged according to the canonical hours and the feast days of the liturgical calendar. Many medieval books of hours, intended for use by wealthy or aristocratic laypeople, are noted for their rich illumination. ...
The term was borrowed from the custom of the Jews, and passed into the speech of the early Christians. In the Acts of the Apostles we see that prayer was designated by the hour at which it was said (Acts, iii, 1). The observance from being optional having become obligatory for certain...
Extra hours of prayer and Bible study, a visit with the non-Christian friend, careful study of an important book: these projects can wait. But the urgent tasks call for i 我们在恒定的紧张居住在迫切和重要之间。 问题是重要任务必须今天很少完成甚至这个星期。 附加小时祷告和圣经学习,一次参观与non...
the ‘Gentiles’, has been translated, paraphrased and set to music countless times. It is often known as ‘Nunc Dimittis’ (Now you dismiss) from the first two words of the passage as they appear in the traditional Latin text of the Bible, ...
Making primary use of the Book of Common Prayer and the writings of the Church Fathers, The Divine Hours is also a companion to the New Jerusalem Bible, from which it draws its Scripture readings. The trilogy blends prayer and praise in a way that, while extraordinarily fresh, respect...
In their eyes, in the measure in which they are formed and developed, the canonical hours are as the attestation and result of the continual prayer of the Church; clerics have so many more reasons for taking an active part, as they have more liberty and leisure, and it is in great ...
aI have a lover, she called Sun Zeyu, as long as I can 23 years old married, always follow my letter to Jesus I a day to read the 50 chapter of the Bible back 5 chapters a day of prayer for 1 hours! 我有一个恋人,她叫太阳Zeyu,只要我能23年结婚,总跟随我的信件对耶稣I每天回读...
— Hours With the Bible, serie Nuovo Testamento, volume II, di Cunningham Geikie. Adaptation and modification of non-essential details . . . is imperative in any great organisation.”—Hours With the Bible, New Testament Series, volume II, by Cunningham Geikie. jw2019 ...
hours referred to via the Latin termhorae.In the middle ages when all books were rare and precious, the book of hours was a luxury item intended for private use; it was a personal prayer book, in contrast to those larger “shared” liturgical manuscripts of the cathedral and the monastery...
aWe live in constant tension between the urgent and the important. The problem is that the important task rarely must be done today or even this week. Extra hours of prayer and Bible study, a visit with the non-Christian friend, careful study of an important book: these projects can wait...