A Topic of Moral Theology

The breviary, the calendar and the order of Hours

Uniformity; following the calendar; order and anticipation

In the index as Canonical Hours (Horae canonicae) · Breviary (Breviarium) · Divine office · Office of the Dead (Officium Defunctorum) · The proper Calendar of the Breviary to be observed · Translation of feasts · Litanies (Litaniae) · Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Officium B. M. V.)

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. II, Chapter IV. Divine Office, nn. 3, 4 & 5 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. IV, Appendix, Decree Concerning Local Feasts Which Must Be Kept by Religious, n. ¶1 — To n. 132. Orders, Congregations, and Institutes enjoying their own Calendar from now on must celebrate only the local Offices of the Dedication and Titular of the cathedral church, and also the more solemn Feasts of the… Read in context →

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Obligations of Stat…, Chapter II: On the Duties of Clerics, nn. 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093 & 1094 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON PARTICULAR STA…, PART SECOND: ON THE STATE …, Ch. I, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, Art. I, § IV. On the Recitation of the Canonical Hours or of the Divine Office, nn. ¶1097, ¶1098, ¶5, ¶1108, ¶1109, ¶1110, ¶1111, ¶1112, ¶1113, ¶1114 & ¶1115 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. II, Pt. IV, Tr. II, Ch. I, Art. I, § 3. On The Canonical Hours, nn. ¶2208, ¶2209, ¶2210 & ¶2211 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Divine Office — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · The Casuist · Decretum of Gratian — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)