breviare

Updated: June 17, 2025

"A false kind of patriotism and national pride often go along with credulity, so that we find here and there in literature of this kind, even downright fabrication. "It was not the intention of the Church or of the compilers and authors of the service books to claim historical authority for their statements. Cf. Dom Cabrol, Le Reforme du Breviare, pp. 61-63. Responsories.

Edward J. Quigley - The Divine Office

It gives readers of the Missal and the Breviary a new interest and an additional fervour in their daily prayers. It is a standard work and holds its own wonderfully against all competitors. This is a text-book written with great care, showing fine scholarship and deep piety. It is the work of a skilled teacher. Le Breviare Romain, Commente par L'abbe Maugere. Paris. 1887, 6 francs.

Edward J. Quigley - The Divine Office