Origenian Breviary Volume I: The Divine Office for the First Week - Hardcover
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The Origenian Breviary is the official Daily Office of the Ancient Apostolic Primitive Catholic Church (AAPCC), a jurisdiction whose spiritual theology draws on Apostolic ecclesiology, Eastern hesychasm, the contemplative tradition of Origen of Alexandria, Desert Father asceticism, and the broader Western Catholic liturgical inheritance. Its animating purpose is theosis - the gradual transformation and deification of the soul through unceasing prayer, psalmody, sacred silence, and communion with God.
Volume I contains the complete Divine Office for the First Week of the four-week psalter cycle, under the theme of Awakening, Purification, and Turning Toward God. All eight canonical Hours are provided for each of the seven days of the week: Matins (Ad Matutinum), Lauds (Ad Laudes), Prime (Ad Primam), Terce (Ad Tertiam), Sext (Ad Sextam), None (Ad Nonam), Vespers (Ad Vesperas), and Compline (Ad Completorium) - fifty-six Hours of the Office in full.
The volume is complete in itself. A clergyman, monastic, oblate, or lay faithful using this volume has everything needed for a full week of prayer without reference to any other source. Extensive front matter - including the Doctrinal Charter, the Constitution of the Origenian Virtual Monastery, the Prologue and Formation Edition of the Origenian Rule, a Preface, two theological introductions, comprehensive practical instructions for use of the Breviary, and the Master Liturgical Calendar - ensures that the volume serves simultaneously as a prayer book and a portable guide to the spiritual and canonical identity of the AAPCC. Three appendices provide the Full Expanded Edition of the Origenian Rule, the Bylaws of the Origenian Virtual Monastery, and the Rite of Vesting in the Habit.
Three levels of observance are recognized and provided for: full monastic observance of all eight Hours; a clerical observance of Matins or Lauds, Vespers, and Compline with one or more Day Hours; and a minimum observance of Lauds and Vespers intended for lay faithful in ordinary life. The General Instructions address the pastoral needs of all three groups with equal care.
Published under the authority of the Most Reverend Kenneth J. Canterbury, Presiding Bishop, Schola Origenis.
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