Another Look at the "Daily Office" in the Apostolic Tradition
The daily prayer practices outlined in the Apostolic Tradition, their origins, and even the number of prayer hours, have been points of dispute among scholars. However, new sources of the Apostolic Tradition, as well as work on lay ascetical movement in Egypt, call for the reevaluation of this docum...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Studia liturgica
Year: 2019, Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-25 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hippolytus, Romanus -235, Traditio apostolica
/ Divine office
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Apostolic Tradition
B Monasticism B Laity B Egypt B Divine Office B Asceticism B Daily Prayer |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | The daily prayer practices outlined in the Apostolic Tradition, their origins, and even the number of prayer hours, have been points of dispute among scholars. However, new sources of the Apostolic Tradition, as well as work on lay ascetical movement in Egypt, call for the reevaluation of this document, its dating, provenance, and interpretation. This article argues that the Apostolic Tradition is a composite document, whose daily prayer cycle in its current form has been shaped by a third- or fourth-century lay ascetical movement in Egypt. The document appears to outline prayer at rising, followed by a communal service of catechesis and prayer, prayer at the third, sixth, and ninth hours, as well as prayer at bed and in the middle of the night. Given the difficulties in interpreting the document it is unlikely that the document, or at least the daily prayer practices outlined in it, were celebrated as written. |
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| ISSN: | 2517-4797 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studia liturgica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0039320718808930 |