Divine Office- canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church) Little Office- a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary; similar to but shorter than the Divine Office Office of the Dead- an office read or sung before a burial mass in the...
the alphabet in which Western European languages such as English are written.alfabeto romano Roman Catholic(alsoCatholic) (a member) of the Christian church which recognizes the Pope as its head.católico Roman Catholicism(alsoCatholicism) the beliefs, governmentetcof the Roman Catholic Church.catolicis...
or Divine Office, contained in a liturgical book called theBreviarium Romanum, or Roman Breviary. In fact, the Mass is part of the Divine Office, and they are so intertwined in the public liturgy of the Church that one is really incomplete without the...
Latin is also the language of the Breviary, which contains the prayers and religious readings prescribed by the Church for the daily devotional exercises of the priests. III. Constitution.— The Roman Catholic Church believes in a special priesthood in which all the offices of the Church are ...
Pius XII had prohibited the printing of new editions of the Breviary in 1956 because the 1960 revision (and others) were already planned. After 1960 the New Order took over the Breviary and destroyed it, like the Mass, with a new version, to which it even gave a new title: Liturgia ...
for Tuesday in the 1st week of Ordinary Time Midday Prayer for Tuesday in the 1st week of Ordinary Time Midafternoon Prayer for Tuesday in the 1st week of Ordinary Time Evening Prayer for Tuesday in the 1st week of Ordinary Time Night Prayer ...
(Roman Catholic Church) the Christian Church over which the pope presides, with administrative headquarters in the Vatican. Also called:Catholic ChurchorChurch of Rome Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003,...
(Roman Catholic Church) the Christian Church over which the pope presides, with administrative headquarters in the Vatican. Also called:Catholic ChurchorChurch of Rome Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003,...
(Roman Catholic Church) the Christian Church over which the pope presides, with administrative headquarters in the Vatican. Also called:Catholic ChurchorChurch of Rome Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003,...
ultramontanism - (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope sursum corda - (Roman Catholic Church) a Latin versicle meaning `lift up your hearts' breviary - (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain ...