the lesser litany

  • 1lesser litany — The common formula, ‘Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison’ • • • Main Entry: ↑litany …

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  • 2Lesser Litany, The —    That portion of the Litany beginning, O Christ, hear us, and ending with the prayer, We humbly beseech Thee, O Father, is so called. It is often used as a penitential ending to week day services during Lent …

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  • 3The Celtic Rite —     The Celtic Rite     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Celtic Rite     This subject will be treated under the following seven heads:     I. History and Origin; II. Manuscript Sources; III. The Divine Office; IV. The Mass; V. the Baptismal Service; …

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  • 4The Rite of Constantinople (Byzantine Rite) —     The Rite of Constantinople     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rite of Constantinople     (Also BYZANTINE RITE.)     The Liturgies, Divine Office, forms for the administration of sacraments and for various blessings, sacramentals, and exorcisms …

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  • 5The Cantos — by Ezra Pound is a long, incomplete poem in 120 sections, each of which is a canto . Most of it was written between 1915 and 1962, although much of the early work was abandoned and the early cantos, as finally published, date from 1922 onwards.… …

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  • 6The Dawkins Delusion? —   …

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  • 7litany — Synonyms and related words: Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster, Sefer Torah, Torah, Torah scroll, Virginal, agape, aid prayer, appeal, asperges, aspersion, auricular confession, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, beadroll,… …

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  • 8The Gallican Rite —     The Gallican Rite     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Gallican Rite     This subject will be treated under the following six heads:     I. History and Origin; II. MSS. and Other Sources; III. The Liturgical Year; IV. The Divine Office; V. The… …

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  • 9Liturgy of the Hours — in a monastery of Carthusian nuns. This article refers to the Liturgy of the Hours as a specific manifestation of the public prayer of the Catholic Church. For its application in other communions, see canonical hours. The Liturgy of the Hours… …

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  • 10The Apostolic See —     The Apostolic See     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Apostolic See     (Soles apostolica, cathedra apostolica).     This is a metaphorical term, used, as happens in all languages, to express the abstract notion of authority by the concrete… …

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