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The lessons for the second and third nocturns were not taken from the Bible, but from the works of the Fathers. These extracts were collected in book form the homilaria.
"I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall always be in my mouth". Ps. "He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross". Phil. Till that time they were contained in several independent volumes, according to the nature of each. Such, for instance, were the Psalteria, Homilaria, Hymnaria, and the like, to be used in the service in due course.
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