Part one: The formation of the tradition - Christian prayer in the New Testament and its Jewish background - Daily prayer in the Preconstantinian Church - The cathedral office in the fourth-century East - The Egyptian monastic office in the fourth century - The urban monastic office in the East - The monastic office in the West: North Africa, Gaul, Ireland, and the Iberian Peninsula - The monastic hours in Italy - The cathedral hours in the West - Cathedral vigils - Quaestiones disputatae: The origins of nocturns, matins, and prime - Monastic and cathedral structures - Part two: The Divine Office in the christian era - The Armenian Office - The Assyro-Chaldean office - The West-Syrian and Maronite traditions - The Coptic office - The Ethiopian rite - The Byzantine office - Part three: The Liturgy of the Hours in the western traditions - From liturgy to prayerbook: the Office becomes the Breviary in the West - The Roman office - The hours in the churches of reformation - Part four: What it all means - Toward a theology of the Liturgy of the Hours - The Liturgy of the Hours as the Church's school of prayerĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:13:16 Boxid IA40074909 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-391)