Chapter Of The Bible The present numeral division of the Scriptures into chapters and verses is, in some respects, of comparatively recent origin. The Pentateuch was divided by the Jews, at an early period, into fifty-four parshioth () = sections, one of which was read in the synagogue every Sabbath day (Act 13:15). These sections … Continue reading “Chapter Of The Bible”
Chapter, Monastic
Chapter, Monastic This was held in winter after tierce, but after prime in summer. At the sound of a bell, rung by the prior, the monks entered two and two, and bowed to a cross in the centre of the room, to the superior’s chair, and to one another. The ordinary business transacted comprised reading … Continue reading “Chapter, Monastic”
Chapter Mass
Chapter Mass Another name for the Conventual Mass. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Chapter, Little
Chapter, Little (Latin: capitulum, diminutive of caput, head) In the Divine Office a brief lesson from Scripture recited at the Canonical Hours (except Matins ). The epistle of the Mass of the day frequently constitutes in festival offices the Little Chapters at Lauds , Terce, Sext, None, and Vespers; at Prime the Little Chapter is … Continue reading “Chapter, Little”
Chapter-House
chapter house A building attached to a monastery or cathedral in which the meetings of the chapter are held. In monasteries the chapter house was used daily after Prime for the reading of the “Martyrology” and “Necrology,” the correction of faults, the assignment of daily tasks, the exhortation of the superior, and again for the … Continue reading “Chapter-House”
Chapter, General
Chapter, General The daily gathering of members of a religious community for disciplinary purposes and administration of monastic affairs has always included the reading of a chapter of the rule, and so the assembly became known as the chapter, and the place of meeting the chapter-house. There are various kinds of assemblies: conventual, provincial, and … Continue reading “Chapter, General”
Chapter, Collegiate
Chapter, Collegiate A body of clerics instituted for the purpose of observing greater solemnity of Divine worship. Churches at which such chapters function are known as collegiate churches. The canons or members of the chapter are governed by definite regulations established in church law and by their capitular constitutions. Only the Holy See can institute … Continue reading “Chapter, Collegiate”
Chapter and Conventual Mass
Chapter and Conventual Mass As a general rule, churches in which the Divine office is to be said publicly every day must also have Mass said daily. This Mass is the “conventual” Mass (missa conventualis); it completes, with the canonical Hours, the official public service of God in such a church. A conventual Mass then … Continue reading “Chapter and Conventual Mass”
Chapter (Or Convenitual) Mass
Chapter (Or Convenitual) Mass is the highmass or mass of the day, usually sung before 10 A.M.; in France the hour is 8 or 9 A.M. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Chapter
CHAPTER See BIBLE. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary CHAPTER A community of ecclesiastics belonging to a cathedral or collegiate church. The chief or head of the chapter is the dean; the body consists of canons or prebendaries. The chapter has now no longer a place in the administration of the diocese during the life … Continue reading “Chapter”